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The Home Lots

OF THE

EARLY SETTLERS

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WITH NOTES AND PLATS.

CHARLES WYMAN HOPKINS.

PROVIDENCE, R. I.

June, 1886.

Charles W. Hopkins,

1886.

Providence Press Comfany, Printers.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

PAGE.

Introduction,

William Reynolds, .

Roger Williams and the

Daniel Abbott, .

. 38

Settlement at Providence,

Chad Brown,

The Home Lots, .

John Warner,

• 41

Gregory Dexter,

• 19

George Rickard,

Matthew Waller,

Richard Scott, .

Thomas Painter,

William Field,

Edward Manton,

John Field,

• 44

John Greene, Jr.,

Joshua Winsor,

Benedict Arnold,

Thomas Harris, .

• 45

Francis Wickes,

• 23

Adam Goodwin,

. 45

William Arnold,

William Burrows,

. . 46

Thomas James, .

• 25

William Mann,

John Greene, Sr., ' ,

William Wickenden,

• 47

John Smith,

. 26

Nicholas Power,

Widow Reeve,

Joane Tyler,

. 49

Joshua Verin,

• 27

Jane Sears,

Roger Williams,

Thomas Hopkins,

. 50

John Throckmorton,

. 29

Edward Hart,

William Harris,

Matthew Weston,

• 50

Alice Daniels,

• 31

John Lippitt,

John Sweet,

Hugh Bewit,

■ 51

William Carpenter.

• 32

Robert West,

Robert Cole,

William Hawkins,

. 54

Thomas Olney, .

. 33

Christopher Unthank,

Thomas Angell,

Robert Williams,

• 55

Francis Weston,

• 35

Original Owners of the

Richard Waterman, .

Providence Plantations,

Ezekiel Holliman,

. 37

Index, ....

• 73

Stukely Westcott,

• 37

ILLUSTRATIONS.

The Parish Church at Gwinear, Cornwall, England.

Record of Baptism, {facsimile.)

Deed from Canonicus and Miantonomi to Roger Williams.

Deed from Roger Williams to his Associates, (two-thirds size.)

General Plan of Home Lots.

Plan of Home Lots, northern section.

Plan of Home Lots, southern section.

Plan showing Original Water-line, west side of Providence River.

INTRODUCTION.

THE increasing interest in matters pertaining to the early history of Provi-
dence which the near approach of the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary
of the settlement of the town has occasioned, induces the writer to present
the following " Plan of the Home Lots " of the early settlers of Providence, the
founders of our Commonwealth and the ancestors of thousands of the citizens of
Rhode Island. Such brief notes and extracts from the public records, concerning
the persons and estates as are of general interest or will serve to illustrate or
verify the Plan, have also been added.

Soon after the settlement of Providence in 1636, the territory included within
the limits of the present Olney, Hope, Wickenden, North and South Main
streets, comprising perhaps two hundred and seventy-five acres of land, was
divided into "shares" or "home lots" of five acres each, more or less, extending
from the " Towne Streete," now North and South Main streets, to " The Highway
at the head of the lotts," now Hope street, and assigned to the proprietors and by
many of them occupied as their homesteads.

For many years the location of a large number of these homesteads has
remained unidentified.

Judge Staples, in the " Annals of Providence," pages 34 and 36, says : " With
respect to the first division of land in 'the grand purchase of Providence' little can
be gathered from the records." " The dividing lines between all these lots run east
and west, and many of them may be traced by the walls and fences now [1843]
standing. Several of these lots have never been transferred by deed."

vi INTRODUCTION.

Mr. Henry C. Dorr, in his interesting and valuable work, " The Planting and
Growth of Providence," No. 15 of the series of "Rhode Island Historical Tracts,"
pages 1 7 and 1 8, states that " The early allotment of the homesteads has become
involved in obscurity through the loss of the early documents of the town. We
know not how soon the distribution was made, or the mode of proceeding."

The late Rev. Edwin M. Stone, the author of " Our French Allies," and
other works relating to Rhode Island history, in " The Burning of Providence," an
article published in the Providence Journal, April 10, 1876, writes as follows in
regard to the location of the homesteads :

" Along the town street most of the population resided, with here and there a
townsman living some distance from it. It is impossible to fix the exact location
of each house, yet some spots may be pointed out."

" We have been at much pains to obtain accurate information concerning the
home lots and residences of the first settlers of the town, and regret that we are
at present unable to make it complete."

" It would be interesting to know the exact spot upon which each of the fifty-
four proprietors built their dwellings." " If any of our antiquarian readers can
throw further light upon the subject, or will correct any error in statement they
may discover in the general narrative, we shall esteem the service a favor."

The " History of Warwick," by O. P. Fuller, page 47, locates the home lot of
John Warner "near where the 'What Cheer' building now stands."

Other illustrations might be given. The foregoing are sufficient, however, to
show the vague and indefinite character of the information which has for a long
time prevailed concerning this subject. Not more than fifteen, perhaps, of the
original fifty-two home lots have been definitely located, the remaining thirty
or forty having become lost, apparently, in the mists of two centuries and a half.
It is believed that a solution of this problem will be of interest and of practical
use in tracing the titles and boundaries of the early estates of Providence.

INTRODUCTION. yii

The accompanying plan of the " Home Lots " is founded upon a record con-
tained in a little book in the office of the City Clerk, Providence, dated 1660,
and which contains a list of the " Home Lots," " beginning at Mile-End Cove."
This record, torn in places, and partially obliterated by long use, bears
evidence of having been carefully written by Roger Williams, and is reproduced
in the appendix, at the close of this volume, for the purpose of preservation and for
convenient reference.

In the preparation of this brief summary of the settlement at Providence, the
writer has been materially aided by the kind suggestions of a number of gentlemen,
too numerous to be mentioned by name, to all of whom he desires to express
his sincere thanks for the assistance rendered.

ENGRAVED BY CEO. T. SUTTER, PROV., R. I.

The Parish Church at Gwinear, Cornwall, England.

From Photograph taken May, 1886, expressly for this work.

ROGER WILLIAMS

AND THE

SETTLEMENT at PROVIDENCE.

THE purchase of the "lands and meadows upon the two fresh rivers," and
the settlement at Providence, are themes intimately connected with the
record of the lives of those men who, twice exiled from their homes, found
at last an asylum upon the banks of the Moshassuck. The beautiful scene which
lay spread out before them in all its native wildness, as they for the first time
climbed the eastern hillside on that day in early summer, has been transformed
as if by magic. They themselves have long since passed away, and in place of
the forest, at first their only shelter, stands the fair City of Providence, with its
thousands of happy homes, its hum of industry, and its temples of learning and
of worship, far better memorials of its founders than

"Storied urn or animated bust."

Roger Williams, pre-eminent as the father and founder of the colony and the
great apostle of religious liberty, was born of Welch parentage about the year 1600.
In the register of the parish church at Gwinear, Cornwall, may be found the
following record :

ROGER WILLIAMS AND THE

"Anno do 1600
*' Roger the Second Sonne of William Williams a gent" was
baptized the xxiiii* daie of Julye."

He was educated at Cambridge University, and chose the ministry for his pro-
fession. His liberal views, however, finding too narrow limits in those days of
intolerance, forced him, in common with other persecuted Puritans, to seek an
asylum in the wilds of America.

He arrived at Boston, with his wife, Mary,' on the fifth of February, 1 630-1,
and resumed his labors in the ministry. The General Court disapproving of his
teachings, summoned him to reply to charges which finally resulted in his
banishment.

About the middle of January, 1635-6, the Court having decided that Williams
should be sent back to England, he hastily bade adieu to sympathizing friends, left
his wife and two babes, the elder about two years of age, the younger but three
months, and braving the bitter cold and deep snow of a New England winter,
made his way through an unbroken wilderness to seek shelter and safety in the
territory of the Narragansetts.

In a letter to his friend. Major Mason, dated Providence, June 22, 1670, he says:

" When I was unkindly and unchristianly, as I believe, driven from my house,
and land, and wife, and children, (in the midst of a New England winter, now about
thirty-five years past,) at Salem, that ever-honored Governor, Mr. Winthrop, pri-
vately wrote to me to steer my course to the Narragansett Bay and Indians, for
many high and heavenly and public ends, encouraging me, from the freeness of the
place from any English claims or patents. I took his prudent motion as a hint
and voice from God, and, waiving all other thoughts and motions, I steered my
course from Salem — (though in winter-snow, which I feel yet) — unto these parts,
wherein I may say Peniel, that is, I have seen the face of God."

I. Her maiden name is believed to have been Warnard. (See Knowles' Memoirs of Roger Williams, ?• 31.)

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SETTLEMENT AT PROVIDENCE.

He obtained from Ousamequin, also known as Massasoit, father of King Philip,
a grant of land at Seekonk, on the east side of Pawtucket River, at a place formerly
called " Manton's Neck," on the northern bank of the little cove which is the out-
let of the Ten Mile River.

Here he was joined by some of his friends from Salem and began to " build
and plant," but being kindly informed by his friend, Governor Winslow, that he
was still within the bounds of the Plymouth Patent, he gave up his new resi-
dence, and, in company with five companions, went down the river in a canoe,
and nearing the western shore of the river, was greeted by the friendly salutation
of the natives, " What Cheer, Netopr Here they landed and exchanged greetings
with the Indians. Re-embarking, they passed around the southerly point of land,
now India and Fox Points, and proceeding up the Providence River disembarked
at a place where they found a spring of water gushing from the hillside.
This spot they selected for a home, and in grateful remembrance of " God's
merciful kindness to him in his distress," the town thus founded, Roger Williams
named Providence.

This was in the spring or early summer of 1636, generally supposed to have
been in the latter part of June.^ The names of the five persons who accompanied
Roger Williams at this time are William Harris, John Smith (the miller), Joshua
Verin, Thomas Angell and Francis Wickes. These, with Mr. Williams, were the
first settlers of Providence.

True to the principle which he had boldly advocated before his banishment,
that the Indians were the rightful owners of the land, on the 24th of March, in the
second year of the Plantation, Roger Williams procured from Canonicus and
Miantonomi, sachems of the Narragansetts, the deed of lands purchased two years
before.

I. Knowles' Mem. R. W., pp. 102-103; ^'so, " When was Providence Founded.'" in the Providence Journal,
January 25, i886; "The True Date of the Founding of Providence," in Book Notes, by Sidney S. Rider, Vol. 3,
No. 26, p. 127; " Founding of Providence," in Evening Telegram, March 22, 1886.

ROGER WILLIAMS AND THE

The original deed is so dilapidated as to be partially illegible, but the Town
Court caused approved, copies to be recorded in the town records, and those
copies, together with the action of the Court in regard to them, are as follows :

"The Seventh of the Twelfe Month 1658
At our Towne Court ;
William Arnold of Pautuxet Came into
this presant Court and did acknowledge
That those two Coppies (to witt) of William
Harrises & Thomas Olneys which hath these
words in them as ffolloweth, are the true
words of that writeing Called the towne Evi-
-dence of Providence, And that which is want-
-ing in the now writeing called the towne Evi-
-dence, which agreeth not with those two Coppies
was torne by accident in his house at Pautuxett.

A true Coppye of the Towne Evidence,
as followeth.

Att Nanhiggansick, The 24*'' of the first Month

Comonly called March in the Second yeare of our

plantation, or planting at Moshausick, or

Providence.

Memorandum, That wee Caunanicusse and

Meiuuantunnomu the two chiefe Sachims

of Nanheggansuck, haveing Two yeares

since sold unto Roger Williams the lands & mead-

-dowes upon the two fresh Rivers called mow-

-shausuck & wanasquatuckett, doe now by these

presents Establish & Confirme the bounds of those

lands from the Rivers & ffields of Pautuckett, The

great hill of Neotaconkonitt on the Norwest and

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the towne of Mashapauge on the west.
As also in Consideration of the many Kindness-
-es & services he hath continually done for us both
with our friends of Massachusett, as also at Quinitik-
-ticutt, And Apaum or Plimouth, wee doe freely
Give unto him all that land from those Rivers
Reaching to Pautuxett River, as also the Grasse
& meaddowes upon Pautuxett River. In witnes
where of wee haue hereunto set our hands in the
presence of

The marke d^ Caunanicusse

The mark of O

Soatash

The marke of i

Assotemewett

The marke of \ Meiantenomu

1639, Memorandum. 3. month. 9. day. This was all againe
confirmed by Miantenomu he acknowledged this his, act
and hand up the streame of Pautuckett & Pautuxett
without limmets wee. might have for our use of Cattell.
Wittnes hereof Roger Williams

Benedict Arnold.

Att A Towne metting March the 6' 1659. 60
Tho: Olney Sen"" Moderator.

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ffor as much as William Harris hath this day
desired of the Towne that he might have the
Towne Evidence downe to Newport haveing
ocation to use it at the Court

It is therefore granted that the clarke shall
delivere the said Evidence unto the said
William Harris; and the said William Harris shall

ROGER WILLIAMS AND THE

deliver the said Evidence unto the clarke again
saffely in convenient season as the Towne -
shall see meette:

if: # # # #

The Enrolement of the wrighting Called the
Towne Evidence after it was defaced ; (as ffolloweth)

Att Nanhiggansick ; the 24"" of the first Month Comonly called
March the 2"*^ yeare of our plantation, or planting at
Moshosick, or providence,

Memorandum, that wee Caunounicus, & Miantenomu y* 2 cheife
Sachims of Nanhiggansick having 2 yeares since Sold unto Roger
Williams y^ landes & Meaddowes upon the 2 fresh Rivers called
Moshosick & wanasquatuckett doe Now by these presentes Estab-
lish, & confirme y^ boundes of those landes from y*" River & fieldes
of pautuckquitt, y^ great hill of Neotaconckonett on y^ Norwest,
& y' Towne of Mashappauge on y* West,
in wittnesse where of wee have here unto Sett our handes

V* m''* of <w ^ Caunounicus

in y^ presence of

yc jj^ke / ) oi Soatash

yc jj^ke y*.,^^* of Asotemewitt

^^ of ( Miantenomu

M'' 3 Mont : 9 die this was all againe confirmed by Miantenomu

he acknowledged this his act and hand up the streame of pautuckett

and Pautuxett without limmetts we might have for our use of

Cattle wittnesse here of

Benedict

Roger Williams: Arnold

Enroled Aprill y^ 4*'': 1662: p me Tho : Olney Jun"":

Towne Clerke.

SETTLEMENT AT PROVIDENCE.

This earliest deed upon the records of Providence, after the transfer by
Roger Williams of equal rights to his associates, was, in 1659, confirmed "to the
men of Providence and the men of Pawtuxet," by the sachems, successors of
Canonicus and Miantonomi. These deeds of confirmation also extended the
purchase " twenty full miles from a hill called Fox's hill," and more clearly
defined the western bounds of the colony.

Of these lands, comprising the greater portion of the present County of Provi-
dence and a part of the County of Kent, Roger Williams was at first the sole
purchaser and proprietor.

He asserts that " It is not true that I was employed by any, was supplied
by any, or desired any to come with me into these parts." " My soul's desire was
to do the natives good, and to that end to learn their language, (which I afterward
printed,) and therefore desired not to be troubled with English company ;" that
out of pity he gave leave to several persons to come along in his company.
He adds: "I mortgaged my house in Salem (worth some hundreds) for supplies
to go through, and therefore was it a single business." He says that " It was by
God's merciful assistance, I was the procurer of the purchase and not by means
or payments, the natives being so shy and jealous that moneys could not do it,
but by that language, acquaintance and favor with the natives, and other advan-
tages which it pleased God to give me, and also bore the charges and venture of
all the gratuities, which I gave to the great sachems, and other sachems round
about us, and lay engaged for a loving and peaceable neighborhood with them to
my great charge and travel."

Mr. Williams thus received a clear title to these lands, and might have
retained them if he had so desired. Such, however, was not his purpose. He
desired rather that the lands so purchased at his own expense might be "for a
shelter for persons distressed for conscience," a colony founded upon civil
freedom, where all might worship God according to the dictates of their own
conscience.

8 ROGER WILLIAMS AND THE

Accordingly, soon after his purchase he executed the following deed, gener-
ously dividing the land equally among his associates, which had now increased to
twelve in number, "without reserving to himself," as he afterwards observed, "a
foot of land or an inch of voice more than to my servants and strangers."

Memorandum or " Initial Deed " from Roger Williams of the lands purchased
from Canonicus and Miantonomi :

" Memorandum, That I, R. W. having formerly purchased of Canonicus and
Miantonomi, this our situation or plantation of New Providence, viz. the two
fresh rivers Wonas. and Moosh. and the grounds and meadows thereupon, in con-
sideration of ;^30 received from the inhabitants of said place, do freely and
fully, pass, grant and make over equal right and power of enjoying and disposing
the same grounds and lands unto my loving friends and neighbors, S W.
W A. T J. R C. J G. J T. W H. W C. T O. F W. R W. and E H.
and such others as the major part of us shall admit into the same fellowship of
vote with us. As also, I do freely, make and pass over equal right and power of
enjoying and disposing the said land and ground reaching from the aforesaid
rivers unto the great river Pawtuxett, with the grass and meadow thereupon,
which was so lately given and granted by the two aforesaid sachems to me. Wit-
ness my hand. ^ R. W."^

There was no date affixed to the above deed, and on the 2 2d of the loth
month [Dec], 1666, Roger Williams executed a second memorandum of his pur-
chase from Canonicus and Miantonomi, as follows :

" The Enrollment of a Writing signed by -Roger Williams as followeth :

" Providence, 8*'' of 8* M°"" 1638. (so called.)
" Memorandum, that I Roger Williams having formerly purchased of Cau-
nouinicus & Miantinomue, this our Situation, or Plantation of New Providence

1. From Staples' Annals of Providence, pp. 28-39.

SETTLEMENT AT PROVIDENCE.

Viz, the two fresh rivers Wanasquatuckett & Mooshausick and the ground &
meadows thereupon, in consideration of thirty Pounds received from the Inhab-
itants of the said Place, do freely & fully pass, grant & make over equal right and
power of enjoying & disposing the same grounds & lands unto my loving friends
& neighbors, Stukely Westcott, Wm. Arnold, Thomas James, Robert Cole, John
Greene, John Throckmorton, William Harris, William Carpenter, Tho: Olney,
ffrancis Weston, Richard Waterman, Ezekiel Holliman and such others as the
Major Part of us shall admit into the same fellowship of Vote with us. As also
I do freely make and pass over equal right and power of enjoying and disposing
of the lands and grounds reaching from the aforesaid rivers unto the great river
Pawtuxett with the grass and meadows thereupon, which was so lately given and
granted by the aforesaid Sachims to me. Witness my Hand,

Roger Williams."

" Providence, 22*^ 10, 1666, (so called.)

" This Paper and Writing is a true Copy of a writing given by me about
twenty-eight years since and differs not a tittle only so is dated as near as we
could guess about the time and the names of men (written in a straight of time
and haste) are here explained by me,

Roger Williams.
" In the presence of us

John Browne,

John Sayles,

Thomas Harris, Assistant."'

On the 20th of December, 1661, in compliance with a request of the proprie-
tors of the town of Providence, Roger Williams executed the following deed in
confirmation of the initial deed :

I. Deeds, &c., Trans., p. 190.

lo ROGER WILLIAMS AND THE

" Be it Knowne unto all men by these presentes, That I Roger Williams
of the Towne of Providence in the Narragansett Bay in New England having
in the Yeare one Thousand six hundred Thirtye ffoure And in the Yeare one
Thousand six hundred Thirtye ffive, had severall Treatyes with Counanicusse And
Miantenome, the Two chiefe Sachims of the Narragansett ; And in the End pur-
chased of them the ^mit^ and ^<^i9^Um% upon the Two ffresh Rivers called
Moshosick, And Wanasquatuckett The Two said Sachims having by A Deede
under theire handes, Two Yeares after the sale thereof Established, And Conffirmed
the Boundes of those ||ianidiei$ ffrom the River And ff elides of Pautuckett, the great
Hill of Neotaconkonitt on the Norwest And the Towne of Mashapaug on the
west ; Notwithstanding, I had the frequent promise of Miantenomy (my Kind
freind) that It should not be Land that I should want about these Boundes men-
tioned, provided, that I satisfhed the Indian ; there inhabeting ; I having made
Covenants of peaceable neighbourhood with all the Sachims, And Natives Round
about us. And having in A sence of God's mercifful Providence unto me in my
destresse, call the place Providence, I desired it might be for A shelter for persons
destressed for Conscience; I then considering the condition of Divers of my
destressed countrey men ; I comunicated my said purchase unto my loving ffreindes,
John Throckmorton, William Arnold, William Harris, Stuckley Westcott, John
Greene Senior, Thomas Olney Senior, Richard Watermane And others, who then
desired to take Shelter here with me. And in Succession, unto so many others as
we Should Receive into the felloship, And Societye of injoyeing, And desposing
of the Said Purchase: And besides the fifirst that were admitted, our Towne
Recordes declare, that afterwards wee Received Chad Browne, William ffield,
Thomas Harris Senior, William Wickenden, Robert Williams, Grigorey Dexter,
and others as our Towne Booke declares : And whereas by Code's Mercifull Assist-
ance I was the procurer of the purchase not by monies nor payment, the Natives
being so shy, And jeloues that monies could not do it, but by that Language,
Aquaintance, And favour with the Natives, And other Advantages which it
pleased God to give me. And also bore the charges. And Venture of all the

SETTLEMENT AT PROVIDENCE. u

Gratuetyes which I gave to the great Sachims, And other Sachims And Natives
Round about us : And Lay ingaged for A Loving And pecable Neighbourhood
with them all, to my great charge, And Travell ; It was therefore Thought ffitt by
some Loving ffreindes, that I should Recieve Some Loving consideration And
gratuetye; And it was agreed between us. That Every person that should be
Admitted into the ffelloship of injoying Land And desposing of the purchase
should pay Thirtye Shillings unto a pubHque Stock; And ffirst about Thirtye
pounds should be paid unto my selfe, by Thirtye Shillings A person, as They were
Admitted : This Sum I Received, And in Love to my ffreindes, And with Respect
to A Towne, And place of Succor for the destresed as aforesaid, I doe Acknowledg
the Said Sum, And payment, as ffull Sattisffaction ; And whereas in the yeare one
Thousand six hundred Thirtye seauen (so called) I delivered the H^zt^t subscribed
by the Two Aforesaid cheife Sachims (so much thereof as concerneth the afor-
mentioned '%M,^t^ ffrom my selfe. And from my heires, unto the whole number
of the purchasers, with all my powre. Right, And Title therein : Reserving only
unto my selfe, one Single Share Equall unto any of the Rest of that number, I now
Againe, in A more fformall way under my hand and Seale conffirme my fformer
Resignation of that deede of the ^aiuUlSi aforsaid ; And Bind my selfe, my heirs,
my Exsecutors, my Administerators, And Assignes, never to molest any of the said
persons Already Received, or hereafter to be Received into the Society of pur-
chasers as aforsaid : But that they, theire heirs, Exsecutors, Administerators, And
Assignes Shall at all tymes quietly. And pecably Injoy the premises. And Every
part thereof; And I doe ffurther by these presentes. Bind my selfe, my heirs, my
Exsecutors, my Administerators, And Assignes never to Lay any claime, nor cause
any claime to be Laid to any of the |Eattd[^$ aformentioned, or unto any part, or
percell thereof, (more than unto my owne Single Share) by Vertue, or pretence of
any fformer Bargine, Sale, or Morgage, what So ever; (or jointers, Thirdes, or
Intailes) made by me the said Roger Williams, or of any other person Either ffor,
By, Through, or under me |jtt W\X\\\t$$% thereof I have hereunto Sett my hand
and Seall This Twentyeth day of December, in this presant yeare One Thousand
Six hundred Sixty one

12 ROGER WILLIAMS AND THE

Memorandum the wordes: of the purchase was Interlined before these presantes
was Sealed Roger Williams,

Signed, Sealed And Delivered
in The presence of us

Thomas Smith
Joseph Carpenter

I Mary Williams, wife unto Roger Williams, doe Assent unto
the premises, Wittnes my hand this Twentieth of December
in this presant yeare one Thousand Six hundred Sixty one
Accknowledged And Subscribed
before me William ffeild

Gene""' Assistant

Mary
The marke of M W, _,^ „

Williams. '

It would seem from this deed that the first twelve proprietors were admitted
into equal ownership of the lands with Roger Williams without being required to
furnish any equivalent for the value of the lands received, and that the thirty
pounds which were paid Roger Williams from the common fund created by the
payment of thirty shillings by each of the succeeding settlers was not paid as an
equivalent for the land, but was accepted by him as "a loving gratuity," and that
" all which he received was far less than what he had expended."

For the lands on the Pawtuxet river Mr. Williams received twelve-thirteenths
of twenty pounds from the twelve persons named in the deed of October 8, 1638.

The lands thus transferred by Roger Williams to his associates were divided
into two parts, which were known as " the grand purchase of Providence and the
Pautuxet purchase."

I. From the original in the office of the Recorder of Deeds, city of Providence.

SETTLEMENT AT PROVIDENCE. 13

The first inhabitants of Providence probably " settled in such places as were
most convenient, and planted their corn on the old Indian fields as they could
agree among themselves." As their numbers increased it became necessary to
adopt a more systematic division of the lands, which resulted in the laying out
of "the Towne Streete," now North and South Main streets, along the eastern
shore of the river, and dividing the land eastward of the street into lots of five
acres each, more or less, extending easterly to " the highway," now Hope street.
These were the home lots or shares on which the dwellings of the proprietors
were located.

The home lots at the northern portion of the town, near the place where
Roger Williams and his companions landed, were laid out of a width of about
one hundred and twenty-two feet. Between Dexter's lane, now Olney street, on
the north, and the ancient " highway " which originally separated the home lots of
William Carpenter and Robert Cole, now Meeting street, on the south, there are
nineteen lots of an average width of about one hundred and twenty-two feet, and
of an average area of about five and one-half acres, measured by the " eighteen
foot pole."

The lots near the centre of the town being much longer, were considerably
reduced in width. From Meeting street to Power's lane, now Power street,
originally the dividing line between the lots of William Wickenden and Nicholas
Power, there are twenty-one lots of an average width of about one hundred and
seven feet, and an average area of a little more than five acres.

The lots near the southern extremity of the town being much shorter, were
widened to one hundred and twenty feet, more or less. From Power street to the
" highway " at the southern extremity of the town, now Wickenden street, there
are twelve lots of an average width of about one hundred and twenty feet, and of
an average area of about four and one-half acres each.

These divisions correspond very closely with the ancient landmarks which may
yet be identified, as will appear from the following illustrations :

ROGER WILLIAMS AND THE

The distance from the south side of Meeting street to the north side of
Thomas street, the southern boundary of the home lot of Thomas Angell, is about
three hundred and twenty-one feet, comprising the three lots of Robert Cole,
Thomas Olney, and Thomas Angell, allowing one hundred and seven feet for each.

From Thomas street to the northern line of the "What Cheer" building,
which occupies the site of the home lot of Daniel Abbott, is about five hundred
and thirty-five feet, or the five lots of one hundred and seven feet each originally
laid out to Francis Weston, Richard Waterman, Ezekiel HoUiman, Stukely West-
cott, and William Reynolds.

From the south side of Power street to the northern boundary line of the
ancient burial ground of the Tillinghast family, a well defined landmark, the dis-
tance is nearly eight hundred and forty feet, and contains seven of the original lots
of an average width of one hundred and twenty feet.

From the last mentioned boundary line to Wickenden street is about six
hundred feet, comprising five lots of one hundred and twenty feet each.

These measurements are all approximate, and, as the variance would not exceed
a very few feet, are sufficiently definite to serve the present purpose and to illustrate
in a general way the plan herewith submitted. The areas are all estimated on the
basis of the " eighteen foot pole." The records, however, show that some of the
lots were of larger dimensions, and that others fell short of the required amount
and were supplemented by additional grants of land.

In addition to the home lots, each proprietor had a six acre lot at a distance
from his home lot, and also " stated common lots," either purchased or acquired by
occasional dividends among themselves. Each settler's share, therefore, comprised
the home lots, the upland for planting, the meadow, consisting of salt marsh or
bog, whereon was cut the winter fodder for the cattle, and the woodland.

In a short time the number of inhabitants was considerably increased by
accessions from the neighboring colonies, and a form of government was adopted
which is embodied in the following agreement, there being no date appended to it
in the original record :

SETTLEMENT AT PROVIDENCE. jr

" We whose names are hereunder desirous to inhabit in the town of Provi-
dence, do promise to subject ourselves in active and passive obedience, to all such
orders or agreements as shall be made for public good of the body, in an orderly
way, by the major consent of the present inhabitants, masters of families, incorpo-
rated together into a town fellowship, and others whom they shall admit unto them,
only in civil things.

Richard Scott, Edward Cope,

William X Renolds Thomas X Angell,

Chad Browne Thomas X Harris,

John Warner Francis X Weekes,

John X Feild Benedict Arnold

George Rickard Joshua Winsor

William Wickenden."i

The compact of July 27, 1640, consisted of a report prepared by Robert Cole,
Chad Brown, William Harris and John Warner, who had been " freely chosen " by
their " loving friends and neighbors " to settle the " many differences " which had
arisen among them. The report of these arbiters, containing proposals for a form
of government, was signed by thirty-nine inhabitants of the town, and is note-
worthy as having been the first departure from a pure democracy and the begin-
ning of a town organization.

The following extracts from this compact are taken from " Staples' Annals of
Providence," pp. 41-43 :

Article second :

"Agreed. We have with one consent agreed, that for the disposing those
lands that shall be disposed, belonging to this town of Providence, to be in the
whole inhabitants by the choice of five men for general disposal, to be betrusted
with disposal of lands and also of the town's stock and all general things, and
not to receive in any in six days, as townsmen, but first to give the inhabitants

I. Deeds, &c., Trans,, p. i.

1 6 ROGER WILLIAMS AND THE

notice, to consider if any have just cause to show against the receiving of him,
as you can apprehend, and to receive none but such as subscribe to this our
determination. Also we agree, that if any of our neighbors do apprehend himself
wronged by these or any of these five disposers, that at the general town meeting
he may have a trial.

" Also, we agree for the town to choose beside the other five men, one to keep
record of all things belonging to the town and lying in common.

" We agree, as formerly hath been the liberties of the town, so still to hold
forth, liberty of conscience."

Article seven :

"Agreed, that the town by five men shall give every man a deed of «all his
lands lying within the bounds of the plantation to hold it by for after ages."

Article twelve :

" Agreed, that every man who hath not paid in his. purchase money for his
plantation shall make up his lo^-. to be 30^". equal with the first purchasers, and
for all that are received as townsmen hereafter, to pay the like sum of money to
the town stock."

Roger Williams having effected a settlement at Providence, as we have seen,
devoted the remaining years of his life to the welfare of the colony he had planted,
and to the various duties, public and private, which devolved upon him as its father
and founder.

In 1643 hs sailed for England as an agent for the colonies of Providence,
Rhode Island and Warwick, and obtained a charter of incorporation, signed by the
Earl of Warwick, Governor and Admiral of the English Plantations, and by
his Council. While there he published his " Key into the Language of America,"
which he had prepared during the voyage.

In 1 65 1 he visited England a second time, in company with Rev. John Clarke,
on matters of great public interest, and successfully accomplished the mission.

SETTLEMENT AT PROVIDENCE.

While in England he was the guest of Sir Henry Vane, at his residence in
Lincolnshire, where he enjoyed the acquaintance of Cromwell, Milton and other
leading spirits of the age. He returned to Providence in 1654, and on the 12th
of September of that year he was chosen President of the colony, which office he
held until May, 1658. He travelled much among the Indians and preached to
them, securing the friendship of the chiefs and the warriors, which he retained to
his latest days.

Roger Williams died sometime between January 16, 1682-3,^ and April 25,
1683,^ at about the age of 83 years, and "was buried with all the solemnity the
colony was able to show." His remains were deposited in his own family burying-
ground on his home lot, a short distance only from the place where his dwelling
housft stood.

The home lot of Roger Williams was located on the hillside easterly from the
spring where he first landed, and immediately north of Bowen street. His house
occupied very nearly the site of the present building on the northeast corner of
North Main and Howland streets.

The western part of the home lot of Roger Williams, fronting on North Main
street, is now in the possession of the heirs of Humphrey Almy, Matilda Metcalf
and Harriet T. Richmond.

1. Roger Williams' signature is affixed to a document bearing this date, concerning the Pawtuxet lands,

2. On this date William Carpenter signed an instrument in which he states he was the last survivor of the
thirteen original proprietors.

THE HOME LOTS.

THE following is a list of the homesteads of the early settlers of the Planta-
tions founded by Roger Williams, commencing at Dexter's lane, now Olney
street, and extending to " Mile-End Cove," or Wickenden street. This
arrangement conforms more nearly to the order of settlement than that presented
in the original list, reproduced in the appendix.

It is believed that the accompanying notes, and extracts from the town records,
will be of interest and value not only to the numerous descendants so largely rep-
resented in the State of Rhode Island, but to the community at large, owing to the
fact that the present titles to these estates are founded upon the original records
here presented :

Gregory Dexter is said to have been born in London, where he followed
the business of printing. His imprint appears on the title-page of Roger
Williams' volume, "A Key into the Language of America," published in London
in 1643. He came to Providence about 1644, and was soon after received into the
Baptist Church, of which he afterwards (about 1650) became pastor. He was also
active in the civil affairs of the colony. His name is affixed to the compact of
July 27, 1640. He was elected to the office of Town Clerk for a number of years,
was chosen Commissioner to represent the town in the General Assembly and
served as President of Providence and Warwick in 1653-4. ^^ 1^54 ^^ was

20 THE HOME LOTS OF

appointed with Roger Williams to write letters to Cromwell, Sir Henry Vane
and others. Roger Williams speaks of him as " a man of education and of a noble
calling and versed in militaries."

Morgan Edwards says of him : " Mr. Dexter by all accounts was not only
a well-bred man, but remarkably pious. He was never observed to laugh, seldom
to smile. So earnest was he in his ministry that he could hardly forbear preach-
ing when he came into a house or met with a concourse of people out of doors."

His home lot was the most northerly of the fifty-two lots of the first division,
and was bounded on the north by Dexter's lane, now Olney street. The home lot
adjoining his on the south (Mathew Waller's) came into his possession as early as
October 19, 1663. These two home lots of Gregory Dexter's are described as
*' a parcel of land . . . about ten acres & is two house lots . . . adjoining
each to the other and bounding on the North part with a highway & on the East
part with a highway, on the West part with the town street and on the South part
with the land of Edward Manton."^

June 4, 1696 :

" I, Gregory Dexter ... do hereby freely give . . . unto my Grand son
Peleg Dexter a house lot . . . containing five acres & part planted with apple
trees & bounded on the west by the streete way & on the north by a highway,
& on the East by a highway & on the south by a Lott that I gave to my grand
daughter Isabel."^

The western part of Gregory Dexter's home lot is now in the possession of
Mary R. Peckham, Emery H. Calder and Mrs. William H. Calder.

Mathew Waller signed the compact of 1640. His name also appears on
the roll of freemen in Providence, 1655. His home lot became the property of
Gregory Dexter, as appears by the record of the sale of the home lot (Thomas
Painter's) *' formerly Pardon Tillinghast's ... 5 acres, bounded on the south

I. Trans., p. 336. 2. Deeds I, p. 231.

LANE

DETXTER

WALLER.

PAINTOR;

MANTON.

A.L.BOOWELL. PHOTO ENG. PROV R . i

THE PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS, 21

by the home lot of Edward Manton, on the north by land " now in possession of
Gregory Dexter."^ This home lot of Mathew Waller's was given by Gregory
Dexter to his grand-daughter Isabel.^ The west end of this home lot is now owned
by Morris Deming and Thomas D. Deming.

Thomas Painter had lot assigned him on the " Towne Streete." In 1655
his name appears on the roll of freemen of Newport. The home lot of Thomas
Painter became the property of the town, and was assigned to Pardon Tillinghast,
as appears from the following extract from the town records :

April 2, 1669 :

" I Henry Browne . . . have sold . . . unto Shadrac Manton . . .
a house lot or home share of land with the dwelling house . . . which is upon
the said lot . . . five acres more or less and is bounding on the south with the
home lot of Edward Manton ... on the north with the land now in the
possession of Gregory Dexter ... on the west or front with a fence . . .
and is in breadth seven poles ... I Henry Browne bought it of John
ffenner . . . he . . . bought the said lot with the housing upon it of
Pardon Tillinghast . . . the said lot Pardon Tillinghast received of the Town
of Providence, being received into the Town according to their Order of a five
and twenty acre right."^

February 26, 1668:

" Voted and ordered, that Henry Browne his house and lot which he bought
of John Fenner shall be made up full five Acres. . . . The said Henry Browne's
lot is bounded on the South with the lot of Edward Manton and on the North
with a lot belonging unto Gregory Dexter."*

A part of the west end of the home lot of Thomas Painter is now the property
of Josiah W. Crooker.

Edward Manton received a home lot and signed the compact of 1640.
January 27, 1667, Edward Manton's " house lot or home share whereon his house

I. Trans., p. 273. 2. Deeds I, p. 231. 3. Trans., p. 279. 4. Trans., p. 211.

22 THE HOME LOTS OF

standeth " is described as being bounded " on the north side with the lot of Henry-
Brown, south side bounding with a lot now belonging to John Whipple, Sen. . . . "i

The western part of the home lot of Edward Manton, fronting on Benefit street,
is now the property of the City of Providence and is occupied by a school house.

John Greene, Jr., " Deputy Governor," was born in the year 1620. In
1642 his name appears as a witness to the purchase of Shawomet. He was elected
Commissioner from Warwick from 165 1 to 1659, when he was elected Assistant,
and, with the exception of two years, was re-elected to this office for a period of
twenty-six years. He also served as Attorney General for a number of years, and
in 1654, and again in 1664 was appointed on a committee to revise the public laws.
He served as Deputy Governor from 1690 to 1700, and died in Warwick, Novem-
ber 27, 1708.

The house in which he resided in Warwick is still standing in an excellent
state of preservation, located on his homestead, now known as Spring Green Farm.

His home lot was in the possession of John Whipple, Sr., January 27, 1667.
The western part of his home lot, fronting on Benefit street, is now owned by
Henry J. Steere and Allen Greene.

Benedict Arnold, son of William, was born in England, December 21,
161 5, and came to Providence in 1636. He received a grant of land and signed
the first agreement, also the compact of 1640. He removed to Pawtuxet with his
father, and in 1653 became a resident of Newport and was chosen Assistant. In
1658 he succeeded Mr. Williams as Governor, and continued in that office until
1660; also from 1662 to 1666, from 1669 to 1672, and from 1677 to 1678, in which
last year he died. He was reputed to be the wealthiest man in the colony, and,
excepting Roger Williams, was probably the most proficient in the language of the
Indians.

The western part of his home lot, fronting on Benefit street, is now in the
possession of Allen Greene and John Metcalf.

I. Trans., p. 202.

THE PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS. 23

Francis Wickes was one of the five who accompanied Roger Williams on
his first landing at Providence. He is supposed to have been a minor, as his name
does not appear in the original deed from Williams. He received a home lot and
signed the first agreement and the compact of 1640. His home lot became the
property of John Whipple as early as November 23, 1663, as appears by the
following extract from the town records : " On the north side with a home share
of land which formerly belonged unto Francis Wickes, but now in the possession
of me, John Whipple."^

The old " Whipple Tavern " was located on the " Towne Streete," within the
limits of Francis Wickes' home lot, and occupied the site of 369 North Main
street.

The western part of the home lot of Francis Wickes, fronting on Benefit
street, is a part of the John Carter Brown and Ebenezer Kelley estates.

William Arnold, with his family, "Sett sayle ffrom Dartmouth in old
England, the first of May, 1635," and arrived in New England, June 24th following.
After residing a short time in Hingham, Mass., he removed with his family, in 1636,
to Providence. He was one of the original proprietors of Providence, the second
named in the initial deed, and signed the compact of 1640. In 1638 he removed
to Pawtuxet, and in 1642, with others, placed himself under the jurisdiction
of Massachusetts. In 1658 the General Court of Massachusetts, at their request,
gave the Pawtuxet settlers permission to withdraw their allegiance from that
colony.

"14^* 2^ Mo. [April] 1 64 1.

" The Town of Providence have appropriated to William Arnold his house
share which containeth in length on the south part five score and twelve poles . . .
and in breadth on the west part eight poles and on the east part eight poles . . .
the poles being sixteen feet and one half . . . bounded with the home share of

I. Trans., p. 193.

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Francis Wickes on the north part, and the house and lands that is now in the
hands and occupation of Wm. Field on the south part, and the street on the
west part, and a swamp on the east part. . . . And Also, another plat of
ground lying without the north end of the town, upon part of which the said
Wm. Arnold hath set up a Wolf trap."*

November 23, 1663:

" I, John Whipple of Providence have freely given unto my son John Whipple
a house lot or home share of land which formerly belonged unto Wm. Arnold (now
inhabitant of Pawtuxet,) with all the housing, fencing, fruit trees standing upon the
said land . . . only excepting so much of the East part of the said lot which
belongeth unto Thomas Olney of Prov. (Senior) which is about two acres. . . .
The said share of land is in the Row of house lots in Providence . . . Bound-
ing East with Thomas Olney . . . West with the street . . . On the
north side with a home share of land which formerly belonged unto Francis
Wickes . . . but now in the possession of me, John Whipple ... on the
south side with a home share of land formerly belonging unto Thomas James
formerly inhabitant of Providence . . . but now in the possession of John
Throckmorton. . . . The aforesaid lot or share of land containeth in breadth
eight poles . . . sixteen feet and a half to the pole."2

John Whipple, Jr., having died December 15, 1700, his heirs, on the 2 2d day
of April, 1 70 1, in dividing the estate, gave the homestead lot, on which he lived,
originally the home lot of William Arnold, to his son John Whipple, and also one-
half of the adjoining home lot on the south (the home lot of Thomas James),
purchased by John Whipple, Jr., of Alexander Bryant, it having formerly belonged
to John Throckmorton. " The which half of said lot shall be that half of it
all the length from the Towne Streete to the east end of said lot which is the
northern half, and adjoineth to that lot whereon the said John Whipple's housing
stands."^

I. Trans., p. 67. 2. Trans., p. 193. 3. Prov. Records, Old Book, No. II, p. 307.

p^j^H swo^^^g *^^^^voXimate

locatioiv of IToME Lots of the

Early Settlers o^ Providence,II.I

CANAL

A.L.BcuwELL. Photo ENc, PhdV. R.L

THE PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS. 25

"July 27, 1659, Quarter Day.

" This day John Whipple. Senr. is received into the Town a purchaser to have
a purchase right of lands."^

Extract from the will of John Whipple, Sr., dated May 8, 1682 :

" I give unto my son Joseph my dwelling house & my three home lotts & ye
Garden next ye River."

Date of the probate of the will, May 27, 1685.*

The western part of the home lot of William Arnold, fronting on Benefit
street, is now in the possession of Mrs. Sarah J. S. Durfee, wife of Chief Justice
Thomas Durfee.

Thomas James, an ordained minister, was the third named in the initial
deed of Roger Williams to his twelve associates. He received a grant of land in
Providence, June 10, [1637,] and was also one of the Pawtuxet purchasers. He
sold his home lot to William Field, March 20, 1639, and it subsequently became
the property of John Throckmorton, who was the owner November 23, 1663;
Alexander Bryant and John Whipple, successively.

The western part of his home lot, fronting on Benefit street, is now in the
possession of Mrs. Sarah J. S. Durfee, wife of Chief Justice Thomas Durfee.

John Greene, Sr., who was educated a surgeon, and had practiced in
Salisbury, England, was the son of Richard and Mary (Hooker) Greene, of Bow-
ridge Hill, Parish of Gillingham, Dorsetshire, England. He came from Hampton
in the James of London, April 6, 1635, accompanied by his wife and five children.
His first wife, Joan Tattersall, the mother of his six children, died at Conanicut in
1643, having fled to that island for safety at the time the Massachusetts troops

I. Trans., p. 105. 2. Wills II, p. 80.

26 THE HOME LOTS OF

made their unjustifiable and cruel assault upon the inhabitants of Warwick. His
second wife was Alice Daniels, a widow, who had received a home lot in Providence.
His third wife was Philip or Philippa, who survived him.

John Greene, Sr., was one of the thirteen original proprietors of Providence,
the fifth named in the initial deed. October, 1642, he purchased of Myantonomi
the tract of land Occupasnatuxet, now known as the Spring Green Farm, in
Warwick. January 12, 1642-3, he, with others, purchased Shawomet, or Warwick,
of Myantonomi. August 8, 1643, he was a member of the first town council of
Warwick, and in 1652 and 1653 served as General Recorder. He was prominent
in the colonial affairs of Providence and Warwick, and the loss of his professional
services upon his removal to Warwick must have been keenly felt by the people of
Providence. He was the ancestor of General Nathanael Greene and of others who
have borne a prominent part in the history of the State and nation.

John Greene, Sr., "On the 25 September, 1644 sold his interest in the
Providence purchase to his son John. At that time he was residing at Occupassua-
tuxet, in Warwick. The General Court of Massachusetts, in October, 1658,
granted him leave to visit his friends there, for one month, ' sometime in the next
summer, he behaving himself peaceably and inoffensively.' . . . John Greene
was prevented by death from availing himself of this liberty. He died in the
winter of 1658. . . ."^

The western part of the home lot of John Greene, Senior, fronting on North
Main street, is now in the possession of Mrs. Raymond G. Hodges, Mary K.
Newell and Mrs. George B. Calder.

John Smith (the miller) came to Providence in 1636. Roger Williams,
before the Court of Commissioners, said, " I consented to John Smith, miller at
Dorchester, (banished also) to go with me."

I. Collections of the Rhode Island Historical Society, Vol. 2, p. 89.

THE PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS. 27

" i^' of the i^* mo. [March] 1646 so called.

" It was agreed that John Smith have the valley wherein his house stands in
case he set up a mill." The offer was accepted and the mill built. He died
between 1647 and the loth of May, 1649.

April 30, 1 71 3, the home lot originally assigned to John Smith, miller, was
in the possession of the heirs of Major John Dexter, deceased.^ The present
owners of the western part of the home lot of the above John Smith are Sophia
Daniels, George J. Thurber, Newton C. Dana, and Mary T. Rivers.

Widow Reeve had been a member of the church at Salem, and upon
removing to Providence received a home lot in the first division of lands. This
home lot came into the possession of Richard Scott, and was by John Scott sold
to Charles Dier,^who sold it April 30, 171 3, together with the home lot adjoining it
on the south (the home lot of Joshua Verin), to Nathaniel Brown,^ The western
part of this lot was occupied by " The Church of England," or " King's Church," as
it was called, as early as 1722, it having been transferred to the church by deeds of
gift from Nathaniel Brown, dated September 18 and 19, 1722.^ (See Joshua Verin.)
The origin of this church is due in a great measure " to the persevering piety and
untiring zeal of Gabriel Bernon," one of its first Wardens, who is buried beneath
the church, and in whose memory a mural tablet has been erected. This edifice
received the name of St. John's Church by act of incorporation 1794. The corner-
stone of the present church, occupying the same site, was laid Tuesday, June 5,
1 8 10, the old church having been demolished in April of that year.

Joshua Verin was one of the five who accompanied Roger Williams on his
first visit to Providence, and received an early grant of land.

May 2ist, second year of the Plantation, it was ordered that "Joshua Verin, for
breach of covenant in restraining liberty of conscience, shall be withheld the liberty

I. Deeds II, p. 300. 2. Deeds II, p. 347. 3. Deeds II, p. 300. 4. Deeds V, p. 190-192.

28 THE HOME LOTS OF

of voting, till he declare the contrary." He had restrained his wife from attending
religious meetings as often as she desired. He removed to Salem, and November
21, 1650, sent a letter to the town of Providence claiming a right to land as one
of the six original proprietors. An answer was returned that justice would be done
him should he come into court and prove his right.

January 28, 1674-5 :

" Laid out unto John Whipple Jun. Atturney unto Joshua Verin in ye right
of the said Verin now of Barbadoes in Saint James parrish, formerly an inhabitant
of this town — four score and fourteen acres of land being part of his purchase
right in ye first division, (the other part being his house lot and one share of salt
meadow which he sold unto Mr. Richard Scott of said Towne)."^

" Samuell Whipple of Providence being of full age testifyeth & saith that his
Brother John Whipple he Vnderstood had A Letter of Aturney from Joshua Verin
to Challinge his whole wright & he sd Whipple being Consairned About it this
deponant asked Richard Scott of sd towne wether he had bought his home lote &
his share of salt medow & furder this deponant saith that said Scott said that he
thought he had bought all sd Verin's Right in providence but upon search of his
deed he found he had bought no more than his hows Lote and his medow and
claimed no more than his deed mentioned.

taken or ingaged this 28th of May 1705.

Joseph Williams

Assistant."2

April 30, 1 71 3:

" Charles Dire of Providence . . . for and in consideration of the sum of
Three Hundred Pounds of Current Money sold unto Nathaniel Brown of Reho-
both, Shipwright . . . certain lands, meadows & Privileges ... in Provi-
dence aforesaid the which formerly belonged to Richard Scott of said Providence,
deceased as namely two Home lots lieing in the Towne being in Estimation

1. Deeds I, p. 59.

2. The author is indebted to Mr. Fred. A. Arnold, of Providence, for this transcript from the Foster Papers,
No. 13, p. 14, and for other similar favors.

THE PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS. 29

thirteen acres & are bounded on the south with the lot belonging to the Heirs of
Daniel Williams (deceased) & on the north with land belonging to the Heirs of
Major John Dexter (deceased) & on the East with a Highway & on the west
with the Towne street . . . and also all other lands of what sort soever either
devided or undevided which formally belonged to ye said deceased Richard Scott
of sd Providence ; that is to say, all those that I bought of Mr. John Scot of New-
port in the Colony aforesaid and was not before disposed of."^

The two home lots sold as above were originally the home lots of Widow
Reeve and Joshua Verin, and are believed to have been occupied at a later period
as the residence of Richard Scott, and also of William and Mary Dyer. It was
from her home at this place that Mary Dyer is said to have gone forth to suffer
martyrdom at Boston as a preacher of the Society of Friends.

The western front of the home lot of Joshua Verin is now in the possession
of the heirs of Joseph Fletcher and Mrs. James Snow, Jr.

Roger Williams. (See pages i to 17.)

John Throckmorton sailed from Bristol, England, December i, 1630, in
company with Roger Williams. " He had been an officer of an English corpora-
tion and had some acquaintance with law." He and his wife were members of the
church at Salem, and later became original members, of the church at Providence.
He was the sixth named in the initial deed. He signed the compact of 1640, and
was appointed Deputy for the years 1664, '65 and '66. In 1667 he was exonerated
from the charge made against him and others by William Harris. He became one
of the earliest of Fox's converts.

The home lot of John Throckmorton was in the possession of Samuel Right,
January 4, 1 704-5 .^

The western front of his home lot is now in the possession of William Ames,
trustee, and Anna O. Greene.

I. Deeds II, p. 300. 3. Deeds III, p. 53.

30 THE HOME LOTS OF

William Harris "arrived at Salem in 1635." He removed to Providence
with Williams and became one of the original proprietors, the seventh named in
the initial deed, and was one of the four proprietors of the Pawtuxet purchase who
placed themselves under the jurisdiction of Massachusetts. He was one of the
four arbiters appointed to prepare a plan of government in 1640, one of the two
town magistrates of Providence in 1655, and a Commissioner to represent the town
of Providence in 1657-58-62-63. " Harris and Olney were the first surveyors of
Providence." " Harris had probably been an attorney or attorney's clerk."

In 1667 he was deposed from his office of Assistant and a fine of ;^50 was
imposed by the General Assembly for his procuring the Assembly to be called
without sufficient cause. The fine was subsequently remitted.

He was bitterly opposed to Roger Williams in matters pertaining to the pro-
prietorship of the lands.

"On the 24th of January, 1679, he sailed for England on board of the ship
Unity of Boston, William Condy, master, as agent of the Pawtuxet purchasers.
In the course of this voyage he was taken by a Barbary corsair and carried to
Algiers, where he remained in captivity more than a year. He was redeemed at
the cost of about $1200, travelled through Spain and France, and arrived in
London in 1680, and died the third day after his arrival at the house of his friend,
John Sailes. He executed his will at Newport before he sailed for England. That
is dated Dec. 4, 1678. . . . It was afterwards proved at Providence, Feb. 20,
i682."i

The home lot of William Harris became the property of Daniel Brown, who sold
it to Daniel Williams, as appears by the following extract from the town records :

January 4, 1 704-5 :

" I, Daniel Brown . . . have sold . . . one house lot in Providence
Joyning to the house lot of Samuel Right now in possession on the north and
on the south to a Lott that was formerly Valentine Whitmans ... to Daniel
Williams."2

I. Col. R. I. Hist. Soc'7, Vol. 2, p. 113. 2. Deeds III, p. 53.

THE PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS. 31

The western front of the home lot of William Harris is now owned by Albert
D. Yeomans, Martha A. Yeomans, and Albert L. Calder.

Alice Daniels received a grant of land the second year of the Plantation.
She married John Greene, Sr., and her home lot was sold to Valentine Whitman,
as appears from the following extract from the town records :

" Nov. 27, 1657. . . . John Greene Sen. sold to Valentine Whitman a
house lot lying between the lot of William Harris on the north and Edward
Manton on the south."^

March 6, 1685:

" I, Valentine Whitman ... for a valuable sum of silver money in
hand . . . paid by Daniel Williams . . . have sold . . . my House
and House Lott . . . bounding on the northern side with a home share of
Land now in the possession of the said Daniel Williams the which belonged unto
William Harris of said Providence, now deceased and on the southern side with a
home share of land now in the possession of Shadrac Manton . . . containing
by estimation about seven acres."^

The western front of the home lot of Alice Daniels is now in the possession
of Thomas Furlong.

John Sweet received a home lot in the first division of lands at Providence.
He removed to Warwick, and was chosen Commissioner in 1653.

His home lot became the property of Edward Manton, as appears from the
following extract from the town record :

*' Nov. 27, 1657:

" John Greene Sen. sold to Valentine Whitman a house lot lying between the
lot of Wm. Harris on the north and Edward Manton on the south. "^

This home lot was owned by Shadrac Manton, March 6, 1685. The western
part of this lot is now occupied by the State House.

I. Trans., p. 80. 2. Deeds IX, p. 365. 3. Trans., p. 80.

32 THE HOME LOTS OF

William Carpenter, son of Richard, of Amesbury, Wiltshire, England,
came to Providence in 1636. He was one of the original proprietors, the eighth
named in the initial deed, and received a home lot and signed the compact of 1640.

In 1642 he, with his father-in-law, William Arnold, and two others, subjected
himself to the jurisdiction of Massachusetts, but was released in 1658 at his own
request. He served as Commissioner from Providence from 1658 to 1663, and as
Assistant for the years 1665, '66, '67, '69, '71. He was one of the original members
of the church at Providence.

The home lot of William Carpenter is described as being the lot that " Lieth
adjoining on the north side of the highway [now Meeting street] which Leadeth
from the Towne street into the neck," and was given by Thomas Olney, Jr., to his
son William by will dated February 20, 172 1-2. (See Thomas Olney.)

The western part of the home lot of William Carpenter is now the property
of the Friends' Society, having been purchased in 1727, as appears by the following
record of a meeting of the Society and the accompanying notes :

"9*^ Month (November) 1724:

" Whereas it is concluded by this meeting, a house shall be built in Provi-
dence town, and there being a frame offered to us, it is concluded by this meeting
that if Edward Smith and Thomas Arnold approve of the frame, that the money
be paid to Daniel Abbott, as quick as can be, with convenience.

" The house was probably built soon after this, and is a part of the meeting
house now standing between South Court street and Meeting street. The deed of
the lot was made in the beginning of the year 1727, and describes it as then having
on it a meeting house. An addition was subsequently made to it in the years

1784-5."

Robert Cole " came to this country, probably, with the first settlers of
Massachusetts. His name is among those who desired to be made freemen, in
October, 1630, and he was admitted a freeman on the i8th of May following."2

I. Staples' Annals of Prov., pp. 428-430. 2. Col. R. I. Hist. Soc'y, Vol. II, p. 50.

THE PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS. /,

He received a grant of land in Providence, June lo, [1637,] was the fourth named
in the initial deed, and was one of the four arbiters who reported a form of govern-
ment in 1640. He was one of the four original proprietors of Pawtuxet who sub-
jected themselves to Massachusetts. He became one of the inhabitants of Shaw-
omet, and "died before November, 1655, as appears from a deed of that date, made
by John Coles to Mary Coles, widow of Robert Coles, of his interest in his father's
estate."i

The 3d of the nth month [Jan.], 1652:

" Robert Coles sold unto Richard Pray and Mary the wife of the said Richard
Pray his house and house lot lying betwixt the house lot of Thomas Olney on the
south and the highway whereon the Pound standeth on the- north."^

The eastern end of this home lot was given by Thomas Olney, son of Thomas,
Sr., to his son William in his will, bearing date February 20, 1 720-1, he having
purchased it of William Pray. (See Thomas Olney.)

The western part of the home, lot of Robert Cole is now in the possession of
Samuel M. Noyes, William V. Wallace, Mrs. Elizabeth B. Updike, Mrs. Charles
H. Henshaw, Mrs. Reginald A. Howe, and A. B. Adams.

Thomas Olney came from Hertford, England, in 1635, with his wife Mary
(Small) and two children. He was a member of the church at Salem, and became
one of the original members of the church at Providence. " The records of the
town show that Thomas Olney, senior, came to Providence about 1638. He was
there baptized, with his wife, about 1639. They had a son Thomas, who came with
them, a minor, and who was afterwards town clerk for many years. He is probably
the person referred to [as pastor] in the church records."^ Thomas Olney, Jr., was
born in Hertford, England, in 1631.

Thomas Olney, Sr., was the ninth named in the initial deed from Roger
Williams to his twelve associates, and received a home lot and signed the compact
of 1640. He was the first town treasurer of Providence, one of the first sur-

I. Col. R. I. Hist. Soc'y, Vol. II, p. so. 2. Trans., p. 78. 3. Annals of Prov., p. 411.

34 I' HE HOME LOTS OF

veyors ; also one of the first Commissioners, and was appointed to the ofiice of
Assistant for a number of years. By will dated March 21, 1679, he gave his house
lot and home share to his ^on, Thomas Olney/ who gave it to his son William,
as appears by the following extract from the will of Thomas Olney, Jr. :

" I, Thomas Olney Sen. [son of Thomas, Sen] . . . Give and bequeathe
unto my son William Olney my two home Lotts situate Lieing 'and being in said
Providence Towne, one of the which Lotts was my father Thomas Olney his
homestead and Lieth adjoining on the north side of that which was the home-
stead Lott of Thomas Angell, deceased, and on the south side of that which was
the homestead Lott of Robert Cole, deceased, the other of said Lotts Lieth
adjoining on the north side of the highway which Leadeth from the Towne streete
into the neck, being that Lott which was originally the Lott of William Carpenter,
deceased. Each Lott containing of about six acres and half or seven acres of land,
and also the eastern end of that Lott of Land which was originally the house Lott
or homestead Lott of the aforesaid Robert Cole and since the homestead of
Richard Pray, deceased, the which I purchased of William Pray." ^

Date of will, February 20, 1721-2.^ The above Thomas Olney died June 11,
1722. The western part of Thomas Olney's home lot is now owned by the City
of Providence.

Thomas Angell "came originally from London" and was one of the number
who accompanied Roger Williams at his first landing at Providence. He is men-
tioned as " a young lad living in the family of Roger Williams," and received a
grant of land, and signed the first agreement and the compact of 1640. He
acquired possession of the home lot adjoining his own on the south, originally
Francis Weston's, as appears by the following :

" Where is now Thomas street was the original site of the Angells. They
added to their original home lot the square immediately to the south of it, part
of which until 1774 was an orchard."3

1. Wills I, p. 43. 2. Wills II, p. 126. 3. Planting and Growth of Providence, p. 37.

THE PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS.

Extract from Thomas Angell's will : " I do give and bequeathe unto my son
James Angell my dwelling house . . . and my house lot or share of land
whereon the said house standeth, together with my other house lot or home share
of land to it adjoining."^ Date of will, May 23, 1685. Date of probate of will,
September 18, 1694.

" I James Angell of Providence . . . Quitclaim unto my brother John
Angell . . . two home lots which formerly belonged to my honored father
James Angell, deceased ... his homestead, the which two lotts of land bound-
eth as follows ... on the north with the land of Mr. Thomas Olney and on
the south with the land of Mr. Nathaniel Waterman and on the East with a high-
way and on the west with the Towne streete, excepting only a small piece I Reserve
at the North West Corner adjoining to the town streete, that is to say to extend
from the said Thomas Olney 's land southward twelve yards and from the Towne
Streete Eastward twenty yards."^ April 4,1 711.

The western front of the home lot of Thomas Angell is now owned by Eliza
F. Man, Anna H. Man, and the heirs of William Goddard.

Francis Weston was admitted a freeman of Massachusetts in November,
1633. He was one of the deputies from Salem to the General Court in 1634, and
after his removal to Providence was the tenth named in the initial deed of Williams
to his associates. He joined in the purchase of Warwick, and became one of the
victims of the raid by the Massachusetts soldiery upon that unhappy colony, having
" through cold and hardship in prison, fell into a consumption, and in a short time
after [before June 4, 1645,] died of it."^

Thus perished as a martyr, sentenced for "heresy," "to be set on work and to
wear such bolts and irons as may hinder his escape "^ from the prison at Dorchester,
the original owner of the home lot in Providence whereon now stands the first
Baptist church in America, of which he was one of the original members.

1. Wills I, p. 205. 3. Col. R. I. Hist. Soc'y, Vol. II, pp. 90 and 102.

2. Deeds II, p. 617. 4. Ibid, p. 277.

36 THE HOME LOTS OF

The home lot of Francis Weston became the property of Thomas Angell,
(see Thomas Angell,) and was by him given to his son James by will, dated May
23, 1685, and by James, son of the above James, was transferred by deed, April 4,
i7ii,tohis brother John, who sold the portion of it now occupied by the First
Baptist Church to William Russell, in 1774, by whom it was in the same year trans-
ferred to the First Baptist Society. " This church was opened for public worship
for the first time on the 28th day of May, 1775, though it was not completed until
some months after this." The first twelve members of this church were Roger
Williams, Ezekiel Holliman, William Arnold, William Harris, Stukely Westcott,
John Greene, Richard Waterman, Thomas James, Robert Cole, William Carpenter,
Francis Weston, and Thomas Olney.^

Richard Waterman, according to Felt's "Annals of Salem," arrived at
Salem on the i6th day of June, 1629. "On the 12th March, 1638, he was
licensed by the General Court of Massachusetts to remove out of that jurisdic-
tion, provided he removed his family before the next General Court. Francis
Weston, Stukely Westcott, Richard Carder, Thomas Olney and others were also
included in the same sentence."^ He removed from Salem after Williams's banish-
ment and settled with him at Providence, and was the eleventh named in the
initial deed. He served as member of the Town Council, 1651, and was a Commis-
sioner for the years 1650-2-5-6. He acquired possession of the home lot of
Ezekiel Holliman, the lot next south of his own, and was also one of the purchasers
of Shawomet. " He did not remove to Shawomet, but resided at Providence and
Newport till his death, which was in the month of October, 1673." He was buried
on that portion of his estate which was originally the home lot of Ezekiel Holliman.
A granite monument marks the spot.

The western front of the home lot of Richard Waterman is now owned by the
Charitable Baptist Society, and is the southern part of the lot now occupied by the
First Baptist Church.

I. Benedict's History of the Baptists, Vol. I, p. 473. 2. Col. R. I. Hist. Soc'y, Vol. II, p. 88.

THE PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS. 37

Ezekiel Holliman is said to have been born at Tring, Hertford county,
England. He came to this country about 1634, and in 1637 was a resident of
Salem. He removed to Providence, and was the twelfth and last named in the
initial deed.

In 1638-9, Roger Williams becoming dissatisfied with his early baptism, it was
decided that Ezekiel Holliman, " a man of gifts and piety," should be appointed to
administer the ordinance by immersion, which being done, Mr. Williams in return
baptized Mr. Holliman and ten others. This was the origin of the present First
Baptist Church of Providence. This church was ministered to by Roger Williams,
Ezekiel Holliman being his assistant.

Soon after the settlement of the church, about 1642, Holliman removed to
Warwick, where he filled offices of trust. He was appointed Deputy to the
General Court, and also one of the Commissioners for reuniting Providence,
Portsmouth, Newport and Warwick into one corporate body.

Hugh Bewit became the owner of the home lot of Ezekiel Holliman, as appears
from the following extract from the town records :

w^yth jjth j^Q [Jan.] 1650.

" Hugh Bewit sold unto Richard Waterman his house & house lot lying next
to the house lot of the said Richard Waterman whereon he now dwells and on the
South Side lyeth Stukely Westcott's house lot."^

The western part of Ezekiel HoUiman's home lot is now included in the
Waterman estate.

Stukely Westcott and wife were members of the church at Salem. They
removed to Providence in April, 1638, were baptized by Roger Williams, and
became original members of the Baptist Church.

His name is the first mentioned in the initial deed from Roger Williams to his
twelve associates, the original proprietors. He received a home lot, signed the com-

I. Trans., p. 125.

38 THE HOME LOTS OF

pact of 1 640, and a few years later removed to Warwick, where he was appointed
Commissioner to represent the town, which office he held for a number of years,
and died in 1677 at an advanced age.

" 12*^ 3"^ month [May] 1652.

" Stukely Westcott sold to Samuel Bennett his house and house lot lying
betwixt Richard Waterman & Robert Williams house lot with Orchard and • all
other appurtenances thereto belonging."^ Also other lands.

The present owners of the western front of the home lot of Stukely Westcott
are Thomas Breck, James T. Rhodes estate, Hiram B. Aylesworth, Eliza B. Patten,
and Newton Dexter.

William Reynolds received a grant of land in the second year of the
Plantation. He signed the first agreement, also the compact of 1640.

February 8, 1664-5, Robert Williams, of Newport, schoolmaster, sold to John
Scott, of Providence, " his dwelling house in Providence with ye housing, home
share and orchard as I bought them of Wm. Reynolds."^

The present owners of western part of William Reynolds' home lot are Eliza
B. Patten, and Newton Dexter.

Daniel Abbott received a home lot. He "stayed and went not away"
during King Philip's war. At the close of the war he was appointed town clerk,
and the records which had been preserved were " handed over to him." December
22, 1679, he petitioned the town "that they agree lovingly together for the building
them a town house to keep their meetings in," which appears not to have been
favorably received.

" Providence, 27^'^ 8'*^ mo. [Oct.] 1644 (so called)."

Robert Morris sold to Robert Williams "ye house and ground which lies
between William Reynolds and Chad Brown, so much as lies between the fence."3

I. Trans., p. 77. 2. Deeds I, p. 4, 3. Deeds I, p. 10.

THE PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS.

October i, 1665, Robert Williams sold to " Daniel Abbott (who formerly was
my servant) ... a house lot or home share of land ... 5 acres, more or
less, . . . in ye row of house lots, . . . bounded east by common, west by
town street or common highway, north by land of John Scott, south by home lot or
home share formerly belonging to Chad Brown dec'd — now Thomas Bakers . . .
Ye said house lot or home share originally belonged to Daniel Abbott, Sen. father
of the above said Daniel Abbott and was sold by Daniel Abbott, Sen. to Robert
Morris and by Morris to me said Robert Williams."^

The western front of this home lot is now owned by the What Cheer Corpo-
ration.

Chad Brown, " the first elder " of the Baptist Church in Providence, was
born in England about the year 1600. It is supposed that he came to America in
the ship Martin, July, 1638. He came to Providence soon after its settlement, was
a signer of the first agreement, and one of the number appointed to draw up the
compact of 1640. He was formally ordained pastor of the church in Providence in
1642, and performed the duties of the ofhce until his death, which occurred not
far from 1663. He was one of the early surveyors of Providence.

" Roger Williams, in his plea before the Court of the New England Colonies,
in Providence, in the year 1677, gives the following brief but comprehensive view
of Mr. Brown's character and personal influence :

" The truth is, Chad Browne, that wise and godly soul (now with God) with
myself, brought the remaining aftercomers and the first twelve to a oneness by
arbitration."^

" It appears that the committee which formed the original list of lots, and
probably the " Towne Streete," on which they lay, consisted of Chad .Brown, John
Throckmorton, and Gregory Dexter."^

I. Deeds I, p. lo.
, 2. James Manning and the Early History of Brown University, by Reuben Aldridge Guild, p. 145.
3. Dorr's Planting and Growth of Providence, p. 18.

THE HOME LOTS OF

December 31, 1672 :

" I John Brown of Providence . . . have freely given . . . unto my
brother James Browne of Newport . . .a House Lott, or Home share
. . . sd parcell of Land formerly belonged unto my father Chadd Browne (now
deceased) he being possessed with ye same from ye aforesaid Towne of Provi-
dence ... It being his House Lott or home Share & containing in quantity
about five acres, (more or less,) It bounding on ye northern side with a home share
of land formerly belonging unto Daniel Abbott of ye said Towne of Providence
(deceased) but now in ye possession of Daniel Abbott his son, on ye Southerne
side with a home share of Land formerly belonging unto George Rickards
(Deceased) but now in ye possession of Mrs. Deborah ffeild, on ye Eastern End
with ye common on ye western end with a highway or Towne Strett . . . The
sd share of Land became my Right by Recession from my mother Elizabeth my
father's wife according as my sd father Chad Browne by his will disposed ye same
. . . ■ Reserving only to myself my heirs & assigns Twenty foott square of ye
sd Land with ye orchard where my sd father & mother is buried, with free egress
from ye sd place."^

December 31, 1672, James Brown sold the above described home lot to Daniel
Abbott.2

In 1723 the Congregational Society erected their first house of worship in
Providence at the corner of College and Benefit streets, on land originally the
home lot of Chad Brown. The Society sold this house to the town in 1794 and
built a more spacious and elegant one at the corner of Benevolent and Benefit
streets, which was dedicated August 16, 1795. This house was ornamented with
two spires, and was a beautiful copy of one of the most beautiful houses of worship
in Boston. It was destroyed by fire on the morning of the 14th of June, 18 14.
The church now occupying the same site was dedicated on the 31st of October,
1816.'

Brown University is located upon the home lot of Chad Brown, the ancestor of
Nicholas Brown, its most munificent benefactor. The University grounds also

I. Deeds I, p. ii. 2. Deeds I, p. 12. 3. Staples' Annals Prov., pp. 438-439.

THE PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS. 41

include portions of the home lots of Daniel Abbott and William Reynolds on the
north, and John Warner and George Rickard on the south.

The present owners of the western front of the home lot of Chad Brown are
William M. Bailey, trustee for Mrs. A. G. Van Zandt, and Marshall Woods and wife.

John Warner, a "citizen and freeman of London," signed the first agree-
ment, and was one of the four arbiters who reported a form of government in 1640.
January 12, 1642-3, he joined with ten others in the purchase of Shawomet, or
Warwick, " for one hundreth and ffortie 4 ffatham of wamppampeague." " The first
records of Warwick appear to be in his handwriting. He was Town Clerk, member
of the Town Council, Deputy and Assistant for the town of Warwick, between the
years 1647 ^^^ 1652. He was also Clerk or Secretary of the General Court of the
Colony of Providence Plantations in 1648."^ On the 24th of April, 1652, at a town
meeting in Warwick, John Warner, for grave misdemeanors, was degraded from
holding any office in the town until he give the town satisfaction.

December 16, 1663, George Kenrick of Newport sold to William Field of
Providence a lot of land " formerly the home share of John Warner . . . about
3 1-2 acres. . . . Bounded east with a parcel of land now in the possession of
Thomas Baker of Newport, the which parcel of land was formerly part of the above
named lot . . . west with the town street or highway, on the north side with
the home share of land of Chadd Brown deceased, but now in the possession of the
aforesaid Thomas Baker his successor, and on the south side with the land of the
aforesaid William Field. . . . The said John Warner also building the said
house upon the aforesaid land and afterward did by sale pass away the said house
and land unto the above named Wm. Field who transferred it to George Rickard
also formerly an inhabitant of the said town of Providence the said house and land
being after the decease of the aforesaid Geo. Rickard by will disposed of unto me
the said Geo. Kendrick."^

Present owners of the western front of the home lot of John Warner :
John Carter Brown estate, Hope B. Russell, and Amasa S. Westcott.

I. Col. of R. I. Hist. Soc'y, Vol. II, p. 55. 2. Trans., p. 35.

42 THE HOME LOTS OF

George Rickard signed the first agreement and received a home lot. He
purchased of William Field the house and home lot originally John Warner's, and
died previous to December i6, 1663.

The home lot of George Rickard, after his decease, became the property of
Mrs. Deborah Field, as appears by the following from the town records :

December 31, 1672:

" I, John Brown, . . . have freely given . . . unto my brother James
Brown ... a House Lott or home share . . . sd parcel of land formerly
belonged to my father, Chadd Browne (now deceased) . . . bounding on ye
northern side with a home share of land formerly belonging unto Daniel Abbott
. . . (deceased) . . . on ye Southern side with a home share of land for-
merly belonging unto George Rickards (Deceased) but now in ye possession of
Mrs. Deborah ffeild."^

John Brown, son of Chad Brown, on the 3d of December, 1672, purchased the
eastern part of George Rickard's home lot, and on the 21st of the same month
transferred it to his brother Jeremiah, who sold it on the 30th of the same month
to Daniel Abbott.2

' The present owners of the western front of the home lot are Robert H. I.
Goddard, Elizabeth A. Shepard, John Carter Brown estate, and Elizabeth A. Gam-
mell, wife of William.

Richard Scott "was admitted a member of the Boston Church, August 28,
1634. He married a sister of the famous Mrs. Hutchinson, and removed with her
from Massachusetts. . . . Scott afterwards became a Quaker, and Gov. Hop-
kins says, the first of that sect in New England. He was one of the early settlers
in Providence. The tradition is, that his wife and daughter, in 1657, were whipped
ten lashes in Boston, for visiting a Quaker prisoner there."^ He received a home
lot in Providence, signed the first agreement and the compact of 1640. His name
appears on the roll of freemen in Providence in 1655, and in 1666 he served as

I. Deeds I, p. ii. 2. Deeds I, p. 4-12-13. 3. Col. R. I. Hist. Soc'y, Vol. II, p. 113.

THE PRO VIDENCE PLANTATIONS. 43

Deputy. The home lots of Widow Reeve and Joshua Verin came into his posses-
sion, as appears by deed of Charles Dyer to Nathaniel Brown. 1 (See Joshua Verin.)

The home lot of Richard Scott became the property of William Field, as
appears by the following record:

"At a Towne meeting Jan. 28* 1677:
being the Towne's quarter day

It is granted unto Thomas ffeild. Heire unto William ffeild (Deceased) that he
may have his House lotts recorded in our Towne records, he paying the Clerkes
ffees. . . . The sayd lotts belonging to ye sd Thomas ffeild are Bounded on
the west with the Towne street, on the South with the lott of John ffeild, on the
East with the highway or Comon, on the north with the lott of George Ricketts
now in the possession of the sayd Thomas ffeild and partly with the land of Chad
Browne now in the possession of Daniel Abbott."^ Richard Scott died previous to
May 27, 1685.

The present owners of the western front of the home lot of Richard Scott
are the Rhode Island Hospital Trust Company and the Joseph Balch estate.

William Field signed the compact of 1640, and in 1647 was appointed on a
committee to form a plan of government. He was Assistant for a number of years,
1650, and from 1658 to 1665,, and Commissioner from 1656 to 1663. The Fields
" were among the early planters, and for long among the chief landholders of the
town. ' Fields' Point ' is a memorial of one of the first members of the family."^

The house of William Field stood a little east of where the Providence Bank
now is, and was occupied as a " Garrison house during Philip's war." " It was one
of the largest houses of that time, and when the town gave leave to the citizens
to ' fortify ' themselves, this, with other of the strongest buildings, was ' fortified '
with iron gratings at the windows. This, with the other places of security, which
the Indians did not venture to attack, saved that part of the town from the con-

1. Deeds II, pp. 300-302.

2. Record of Town Meetings, Book III, p. 5.

3. Planting and Growth of Providence, p. 36.

44 I^HE HOME LOTS OF

flagration of March, 1676. . . . The 'Garrison house' remained until 1772.
It stood about forty or fifty feet from the Town street. The last of the original
owners of the site sold it in that year (Feb., 1772,) to Joseph Brown, who in the
year 1774 built there the house now owned by the Providence Bank."i The
home lot adjoining him on the north (Richard Scott's) became his and was, with
the original home lot of William Field, after his decease, transferred by the town,
January 28, 1677, to his heir, Thomas Field. (See Richard Scott.)

The present owners of the western front of the home lot of William Field
are the Providence National Bank and the Providence Institution for Savings.

John Field "removed from Bridgewater to Providence soon after its settle-
ment." He received a home lot and signed the first agreement and the compact
of 1640.

" Whereas there is a highway [now Crawford street.] lieing from ye Towne
streete to ye side (or to say the salt water) the which lieth against ye house lot
which formerly belonged to John Field. The which lot is now in ye possession
of ye heirs of Gideon Crawford. Recorded Feb. 2, 1708-9."^

This home lot was in the possession of Gideon Crawford, May 7, 1691. (See
Joshua Winsor.)

The present owners of the western front of the home lot of John Field are
the heirs of Isaac Brown and the heirs of Rufus Greene.

Joshua Winsor came from the borough of Windsor, England. He received
a home lot, and signed the first agreement and the compact of 1640. " Five of the
descendants of his only son Samuel, all of the name of Winsor, were settled Bap-
tist ministers within the State of Rhode Island."

May 7, 169 1 :

" I, Samuel Winsor, ... of Providence ... for a valuable consid-
eration . . . have sold . . . unto Gideon Crawford a home lott in the

1. Planting and Growth of Providence, p. 37. 2. Deeds I, p. 55.

THE PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS. ac

Town of Providence known by ye name of Shepard's lott which lott in the original
was my father Joshua Winsor's but since in consideration of Keeping the Antientt
man it became mine, which is in Estimation four or five acres be it more or less.
It being bounded on ye south with ye land now in ye possession of Thomas Field,
on ye west with a Highway fronting against the salt river, on the north with the land
of ye said Crawford, and on ye east with a highway."^

The western front of the home lot of Joshua Winsor is now owned by Eliza-
beth S. Howard and Henry J. Steere.

Thomas Harris " was received a purchaser of Providence previous to Aug.
20, 1637. He was brother to William Harris. He left a will which was proved
July 20, 1686." He signed the first agreement and the compact of 1640 and was
appointed Commissioner from Providence for a number of years, and was a member
of the Committee appointed February 19, 1665, to run the seven-mile line. His
home lot was the property of Thomas Field, May 7, 1691. (See Joshua Winsor.)

The western part of the home lot of Thomas Harris is now owned by Henry
J. Steere.

Adam Goodwin signed the compact of 1640 and received a home lot.

" The ist of January 1648 (so called) Adam Goodwin sold unto Richard Osbon
all his right in Providence both housing and all other Privileges, only the said
Richard Osbon hath granted Adam Goodwin the house and yard during his wife's
life, only the said Adam Goodwin is to repair it."^

"27*^ of the s^*" month [July] 1650 (called).

" Richard Osborne sold unto Thomas Harris the house and house lot which
the said Richard Osborne bought of Adam Goodwin, only the said Adam Good-
win's wife shall have liberty to dwell in the said house according to the agreement
made and reserved at first by the said Adam."^

I. Deeds II, p. 112. 2. Trans., p. 77- 3- Trans., p. 125.

46 ' THE HOME LOTS OF

February 12, 1702-3:

Adam Goodwin's home lot "formerly belonged unto Thomas Harris, Senr."^
and on the 20th of November, 1728, it was owned by William Field and Robert
Gibbs. (See William Burrows.)

The western front of the home lot of Adam Goodwin is now in the possession
of the heirs of Ezra W. Howard and Elizabeth S. Howard.

William Burrows received a home lot and signed the compact of 1640.
At a Town Meeting, October the 12th, 1663:

" Ordered that the Town deputies shall go to all the Inhabitants belonging
unto this Town, see what will be freely contributed towards the relief of William
Burrows : and if a considerable sum cannot be granted in that way for them to
make Report unto the Town and for the Town to levy a rate upon the inhabitants
for the relief of the said William Burrows."^

January 28, 1705-6:

" An account of what land belongs to John and Mary Lapham in Providence
on the East side of the seven mile line, ffirst. Two Lotts in the Towne, namely,
the Lotts of William Mann & William Burrows."^

" Articles of partition and quitclaim made this 20th day of November, A. D.
1728, . . . between John Lapham and Nicholas Lapham both of Dartmouth
. . . possessed by deeds of Gift from our Honored father John Lapham,
deceased. . . . First the said John Lapham is to have the two home lots in
the Town, called six acre Lotts Lieing betwixt the Land belonging to the Heirs of
Daniel Williams, deceased, and that which was the homestead land of Thomas
Harris, deceased, now in possession of William Field and Robert Gibbs."^

The house in which the capture of the Gaspee was planned was located on the
home lot of William Burrows, at the corner of South Main and Planet streets.
The following in regard to the preparation for this expedition, and the location
of the house, is an abbreviated transcript from the account given in the Rhode
Island Colonial Records, Vol. VII, p. 69, 70:

I. Trans., p. 373. 2. Trans., p. 167. 3. Deeds II, p. 25. 4. Deeds VII, p. 424.

THE PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS. 47

" John Brown, one of the first and most respectable merchants of Providence
resolved on the destruction of the Gaspee, and directed one of his trusty ship-
masters to collect eight of the largest long boats in the harbor, and to place them
at Fenner's wharf, directly opposite to the dwelling of Mr. James Sabin. This
house, then unfinished, was occupied as an inn. It was soon after purchased and
completed by Welcome Arnold, who resided there till his death, in 1 798. It then
became the residence of his eldest son, Samuel G. Arnold, and subsequently of his
son, Richard J. Arnold, who altered and enlarged it materially. The house is on
the east side of South Main street, on the northeast corner of Planet street."

The present owner of the western front of the home lot of William Burrows
is the Providence Institution for Savings.

William Mann received a home lot and signed the compact of 1640. His
home lot in 1705-6 was owned by John and Mary Lapham. (See William
Burrows.)

The western part of the home lot is now owned by the Arnold Estate Com-
pany, Elizabeth B. Updike, Mrs. Charles H. Henshaw, Mrs. Reginald Howe, and
A. B. Adams.

William Wickenden removed from Salem, and was received a purchaser
at Providence, before August 20, 1637. He signed the first agreement, also the
compact of 1640, and is named in the deed of confirmation. He was one of the
first Commissioners from Providence, a member of the Town Council in i65i,a
member of the Committee appointed to form a plan of government in 1647, and a
member of the Committee appointed in April, 1661, to run the boundary line.
" He was colleague with Chad Brown, in the pastoral charge of the Baptist Church
at Providence," and " was at one time in New York, where, it is said, he preached
and was imprisoned for it about four months. He died Feb. 23, 1670."^ '

I. Col. R. I. Hist. Soc'j, Vol. II, p. 109.

48 THE HOME LOTS OF

"The 21^* September 1646.

" William Wickenden sold unto Christopher Unthank his house and home
lot excepting two pole square of Ground on the south corner next the street
[Power street] which Nathaniel Dickens now possesseth."'

"27^ 11^ Month 1650.

" Mr. Throckmorton sold unto Mr. Sayles the house and lot which was
Nathaniel Dickens, which Mr. bought of Mr. Ralph Earle formerly belong-
ing to William Wickenden."^

May 12, 1652 :

John Sailes " bought of William Wickenden, ' 2 poles square lying at the
south side of Mr. Sayles new home lot next unto the highway.' "^

March 28, 1664-5 •

" Upon the request of Daniel Williams it is granted unto him to make use
of the highway, [now Power street] lying between Mr. Sailes lot and Jane Power's
lot, and upon the same conditions as Mr. Sailes formerly used the same."^

The home lot of William Wickenden in 1728 "belonged to the heirs of Daniel
Williams, deceased." (See William Mann.)

The present owners of the western front of the home lot of William Wicken-
den are E. Bigelow Adams and the West Providence Land Company.

Nicholas Power received a home lot and signed the compact of 1640. He
died August 25, 1657, intestate, and on the 27th of May, 1667, the Town Council
made his will and disposed of his estate. His home lot became the property of his
widow, Jane.

The western front of the home lot of Nicholas Power is now in the possession
of Cornelia C. Greene, the heirs of Rhoda Steere, and John W. Smith, trustee.

1. Trans., p. 76. 3. Narragansett Hist. Reg., Vol. II, p. 293.

2. Ibid, p. 125. 4. Trans., p. 171.

THE PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS. 40

Joane Tiler received a home lot and signed the compact of 1640.

"26th day of May, 1663:

" I, John Sayles of Providence . . . for a valuable sum of money paid
unto me by William Hawkins inhabitant of ye Towne aforesaid . . . have . .
sould unto ye said William Hawkins . . . ye right which I bought of Ralph
Earle, which he bought of Nathaniel Dickens, which formerly belonged unto Joane
Tiler afterwards wife unto ye said Nathaniel Dickens.

"27. 5 mo. 1650:

" Nathaniel Dickens sold unto Nicholas Power his home lot lying next to
Widow Sayles her home lot."2

The present owners of the western front of the home lot of Joane Tiler are
Julia Bullock and John W. Smith, trustee.

Jane Sears received a home lot and signed the compact of 1640. This
home lot came into the possession of Daniel Williams, son of Roger, as appears
by the will of Daniel, made on the 9th of May, 171 2, five days before his death, by
which he gives to his son, Roger Williams, his homestead, a home lot on the town
street,- bounded on the south with the lot of William Hopkins, and on the north
with the lot of Nicholas Power, [originally the home lot of Joane Tiler,] with a
dwelling house, etc. ; " provided he disturb not his mother Rebekah Williams
of her reasonable privilege and benefit in said dwelling house and premises during
her natural life."^ To his daughter Patience he gave a home lot on the Town Street
[originally Edward Hart's] that he bought of Richard and Ann Waterman, October
30, 1698, bounded by the lot of William Hopkins on the north, and the lot of
Samuel Winsor on the south, and described as near the salt water at the south end
of the town.^

The western front of the home lot of Jane Sears is now the property of the
heirs of William Thayer, Marcy A. and Julia Earle, and the heirs of George Earle.

1. Deeds, No. i, p. 30. 3. Deeds A X, 311.

3. Deeds, &c., Trans., p. 125. 4. Deeds XIX, 506.

50 THE HOME LOTS OF

Thomas Hopkins was born in England, April 7, 1616. He received a
home lot in Providence, and signed the compact of 1640, He was a member of
the church at Providence. He was appointed Commissioner for a number of years,
and was a member of the Town Council in 1667 and 1672. He died at Little-
worth, Oyster Bay, Long Island, in 1684, at the residence of his daughter-in-law,
Elizabeth. His home lot became the property of his son William.

The western front of the home lot of Thomas Hopkins is now owned by
Sarah A. Congdon and Lydia A. Godfrey.

Edward Hart received a home lot and signed the compact of 1640.

"28. i^* mo. so called [March] 1679:

Robert West sold all his lands to Resolved Waterman. " His house lot
[formerly Edward Hart's home lot,] four acres, . . . bounded west on street,
north by the home lot of Thomas Hopkins, east by highway, south by home
lot of Joshua Winsor."^

October 30, 1698:

" I, Richard Waterman, . . . have sold ... to Daniel Williams . . .
one house lot in Providence joining to the Lott of Samuel Winsor on the South
and the lot of William Hopkins on the North . . . with an old house and
orchard being upon it."^

This home lot was, in 171 2, given by will of Daniel Williams to his daughter
Patience. (See Jane Sears.)

The western front of the home lot of Edward Hart is now owned by Ellen
Lynch and the heirs of George B. Earle.

Mathew Weston. " The 20th of May, 1643. It was agreed by the General
[people] that Mathew Wesson shall have that home share of Ground which lieth
between Robert Wash [West] and John Lippitt also that he shall have three Acres

I. Deeds I, p. 88. 2. Deeds XIX, p. 506.

THE PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS. rj

of Meadow Ground where he think it most convenient which is not already laid
out, but if the said Mathew Weson be absent from the Town above eighteen
Months being neither Wife nor child here, the aforesaid land shall fall into the
Towns Hand again."^

••27th*'' 5'*^ mo. 1650 (called)

" Ordered . . . that Joshua Winsor shall possess the lot which was formerly
Nathan [Mathew] Weston's, provided that the said Joshua Winsor pay unto the
town ;^30 S.I 5, at the next harvest and 15. at the next after in merchantable pay
for to be delivered for Nath. Weston's use."2

It appears that Joshua Winsor owned this lot October 9, 1663. "I, Joshua
Winsor ... my lot that is called Mathew Weston's."^' And that Samuel
Winsor was the owner October 30, 1698. (See Edward Hart.")

The western front of Mathew Weston's home lot is now owned by the heirs of
George B. Earle.

John Lippitt received a home lot and signed the compact of 1640. He was
chosen a member of the Committee appointed to form a plan of government in
1647. He removed to Warwick, his name appearing on the roll of freemen of that
town in 1655.

April 27, 1652, John Lippitt sold all his real estate to Arthur Fenner, reserving
his home lot.

The western front of the home lot of John Lippitt is now owned by Mary F.
Gladding, the heirs of James H. Prendergast, and Burnet S. W. Bragunn.

Hugh Bewit, "in Dec. 1640 was banished from Massachusetts. He was
found guilty of heresy, and that his person and errors are dangerous for the infec-
tion of others. He was ordered for this to be gone out of our jurisdiction by the
24th inst. upon pain of death, and not to return upon pain of being hanged."^

I. Trans., p. 73. 3. Trans., p. 27.

Trans., p. 142. 4. Col. R. I. Hist. Soc'y, Vol. II, p. ii8.

THE HOME LOTS OF

Upon removing to Providence he received a grant of land, signed the compact
of 1640, and became a member of the church. He was appointed to the office of
Commissioner for a number of years, and also served as General Sergeant and
Solicitor General.

'' if^ II*'' mo. 1644.

" Hugh Bewit sold unto William Hawkins his home share of land bounding
on the North with the land of John Lippitt on the South with the land of the
said William Hawkins [formerly the home lot of Robert West] on the east and
west with the common."^

u^yth jjth j^Q_ jg^^^

" Hugh Bewit sold unto the general People of the Towne of Providence his
house and home share of ground [the home lot of Ezekiel HoUiman] bounding
upon the land of Richard Waterman on the North, on the land of Stukely West-
cott on the South on the east with the common on the west with the highway."^

"27*'' 11"' mo. 1650."

Hugh Bewit sold to Richard Waterman the home lot last above described.

Pardon Tillinghast was in possession of the home lot of Hugh Bewit in 1681,
as appears by the following statement :

"In ye yeare 1681. When I William Hopkins of Providence was their sur-
veyor did then lay out unto Edward London one Lott [a warehouse lot] above
high water marke by ye water side containing 30 foote square. It being laid out
four poles distant from Pardon Tillinghast his home lott which he bought of
William Hawkins Senr. [originally Hugh Bewit's]. The which said lott is layed
out with the like privileges as others of the like qualitie have allowed them to the
water.

" Given under my hand this 29th day of March 1686

William Hopkins."3

I. Trans., p. 74. 2. Trans., p. 75. 3. Deeds I, p. 137.

THE PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS. tn

The above mentioned Pardon Tillinghast received a " free grant of Twenty-five
acres of land the 19th of nth mo. 1645," (Jan. 19, 1646.) He succeeded Thomas
Olney as pastor of the Baptist Church, and " at his own expense built the first
meeting-house about the year 1 700." '* This house was situated on the west side
of North Main street, nearly opposite Star street. In 171 1, Mr. Tillinghast, in
consideration of the love and good will he bore the church over which he was then
pastor, executed to them and their successors in the same faith and order, a deed
of the meeting house and the lot on which it stood."^ He died January 29,
1717-18.

By will, dated December 15, 1715, he disposed of his home lot as follows :

" I give to my son Joseph my Present Dwelling house and home Lott with all
the privileges pertaining thereunto after his mother's decease to be to him and his
heirs forever."^

The Tillinghast burial ground was located on the home lot where it still
remains undisturbed near the northwest corner of Transit and Benefit streets.

The Church of the Saviour, located on the home lot of Hugh Bewit, at the
corner of Benefit and Transit streets, was built in 1840 by the "Corporation of St.
Stephen's Church," and occupied by them until 1862, when they removed to their
present place of worship on George street. The St. Stephen's Church was organ-
ized in 1838, and the corner-stone of their first place of worship was laid, on the
15th day of April, 1840.^

The western front of the home lot of Hugh Bewit is now owned by Cornelius
O'Leary and William McElroy.

Robert West received a home lot and signed the compact of 1640. In
1644 this home lot was in the possession of Williams Hawkins. (See Hugh Bewit.)

The home lot originally assigned to Edward Hart came into the possession of
Robert West, and was by him sold "28*'' i^' mo. 1679" (.'*) to Resolved Waterman.
(See Edward Hart.)

I. Annals of Prov., p. 414. 2. Wills II, p. 25. 3. From Mr. George T. Hart,

THE HOME LOTS OF

Robert West, in 1644, received ^5 bounty for killing two wolves.

The western front of the home lot of Robert West is now owned by Philip
A. Munroe and Hugh and Dennis Gorman.

William Hawkins received a home lot and signed the compact of 1640.
He " stayed and went not away " during King Philip's war, and was one of those to
whom land in Narragansett was granted by the Assembly in 1677. He also came
into possession of the two home lots next north of his, namely, Robert West's, in
1644, and Hugh Bewit's; also the home lot of Joane Tiler. He was an early mem-
ber of the Church in Providence.

"2"'^ day Feb. 1673.

" I, William Hawkins . . . Have freely given . . . unto my son
William Hawkins . . . two house lots or home shares of land with all ye
housing, fencing and fruit trees standing and being upon ye said land . . ,
The which said lotts or home shares of land . . . being in ye Row of house
lotts . . . Bounding on ye Westerne side with ye highway or Towne streete
& on ye Eastern end with a highway ... Bounding on ye Southern side with
a house lot or home share of land of Thomas Roberts of ye aforesaid towne of
Providence and on ye Northern side with a house lot or home share of land of
James Ashton formerly inhabitant ... of Providence."^

The western front of the home lot of William Hawkins is now owned by Mrs.
George M. Geehard, John Baker, of East Providence, and William W. Rickard.

Christopher Unthank received a home lot and signed the compact of 1640.
June I, 1663 :

" I, Christoper Unthank now of Warwick, . . . weaver, . . . upon
valuable consideration in hand already received . . . have sold unto Thomas
Roberts of Providence . . . about the year 1658 . . . my house and house
lot which did belong to me in Providence, together with a parcel of land lying

I. Deeds I, p. 82.

THE PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS. tc

beyond the Runnet in the sd lott which belongeth to Robert Williams his house lot
which I bought of the said Robert Williams, together with all the appurtenances
belonging to either, together with all my right & Privileges in all the commons . . .
All which parcels of land with my house aforesaid are bounded on the south with
that lot which at present Thomas Sucklin possesseth, on the north with the land of
William Hawkins on the East with the Common & on the West with the highway
next to ye sea. . . . Only that parcel of land specified beyond the Runnet is
bounded on the west with the said Runnet, on the south with the highway & on
the East with the common on the North with that parcel of land which my house
stood upon which is the home lot before specified."^

The western front of the home lot of Christopher Unthank is now owned by
Horace C. Tallman, Mrs. Daniel J. Farrar, and William McElroy.

Robert Williams, who is said to have been a brother of Roger Williams,
received a home lot and signed the compact of 1640. In 1648 he was appointed
one of the first Commissioners from Providence ; he was Commissioner for 165 1-2;
in 1655, member of the Town Council; in 1664, Justice of the Peace, and General
Solicitor in 1673-74.

27^^ 8* mo. [Oct.] 1644:

Robert Williams purchased of Robert Morris the home lot of Daniel Abbott
which he sold Oct. i, 1665 to Daniel Abott, Jr. (See Daniel Abbott.)

June I, 1663 :

He sold his original home lot to Christopher Unthank. (See Chris. Unthank.)

Feb. 8, 1664-5 •

" Robert Williams of Newport schoolmaster . . . sold to . . . John
Scott of Providence ... his dwelling house in Providence, with ye housing,
home share and orchard as I bought them of William Reynolds."

The western front of the home lot of Robert Williams is now in the possession
of the heirs of Lydia J. Stillwell, the Mariners' Bethel, and the heirs of William
Bradley.

I. Deeds II, p. 65.

Plan showing ]h&

Original Water Line

ON THE WEST SIDE OF

Providence River.

APPENDIX

ORIGINAL OWNERS

OF THE

PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS.

(5ec Introduction, fage VII.)

Ann'^ 1660

Presented for avoyding (so much as may be) future

Contention

A revised List (saving Correction, with Addition) of Lands-
and Meddows, As they were orriginally Lotted, ffrom the
beginning of the Plantation of Providence, in the Nar-
regansetts Bay in New England, unto the (then) In-
habitants of the said Plantation, until Ann*^ 16

\Illegible^ ordered by the Inha-

bitants of the Towne for Composing the

Orriginal List.

ORIGINAL OWNERS OF

Home-Lots

Begining at Mile-End-Cove

Robert Williams.
Christopher Unthanks.
William Hawkings.
Robert West.
Hugh Bewitt. '
John Lippett.
Matthew Wesson.
Edward Harte.
Thomas Hopkings.
Widdow Sayers.
Widdow Tylers.
Nicholas Powers.
A high Way
William Wickenden.
William Man.
William Barrows.
Adam Goodings.
Thomas Harris.
Joshua Winsor.
John ffeild.
William ffeild.
Richard Scotte.
Georg Ricketts.
John Warnner.
Chade Browne.
Daniell Abbott.
William Reinolds
Stutlow Wescoate
Ezekiel Hollyman

Richard Waterman,
ffrancis Wessons.
Thomas Angells.
Thomas Olnye.
Robert Cole.

A high Way
William Carpender,
John Sweet.
Alice Daniell.
William Harris.
John Throckmorton.
Joshua Vearing.
Widdow Reeve. [Tom.]
John Smith.
John Greene Senior.
Thomas James.
William Arnold.
Francis Weekes.
Benedicte Arnold
John Greene Junior.
Edward Manton
Thomas Painter
Matthew Waller
Grigory Dexter

Over Mooshawsick

River

John Smiths home-Lott
where he build a Mille.

THE PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS. 6i

Sixe Acres Lotts

By the River side, beginning at Mile-End-Cove

6 : Acres of William Reinolds.

6 : Acres of ffrancis Weekes.

6 : Acres of John Throckmortons

6 : Acres of William Arnolds. i e •

6 : Acres of William Carpenders. ) ,

. -. „ T ^ A 11 /and Meere-Banckes.

6 : Acres of Benedicte Arnolds.

6 : Acres of Edward Copes.

6 : Acres of Roger Williams.

with What-Cheare.

In-Lands next to John Throckmortons

6 : Acres of William Harris.

6 : Acres of William Wickendens.

6 : Acres of Nicholas Powers.

6 : Acres of William Mans. ) ^"^^^^ ^^^h Wayes.

A high Way
6 : Acres of William Hawkings.

On the North-side of Wanasquatuckett

6 : Acres of William Wickendens

2 : Acres of Grigory Dexters, in pt of

his 6 : Acre Lott —
6 : Acres of Thomas Hopkings.
6 : Acres of John ffeilds

Common and a high Way through
6 : Acres of Thomas Angells
6 : Acres of Thomas Olnyes saving high wayes,
6 : Acres of Stiitlow Wescoats,

62 ORIGINAL OWNERS OF

By the West-River neere New Bridge

6 : Acres of Robert Williams.
6 : Acres of Joshua Winsors.
6 : Acres of Thomas Harris

on Mooshausick-River —

At Smale Brooke

6o : Acres of Thomas Angells
6o : Acres of ffrancis Weekes

Over Smale Brooke

30 : Acres in part of William Arnolds 60 : Acres

THE PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS.

Lands and Meddowes Lotted
on Waubosset Side

Begining at Saxafrage, by the Water-Side

Next the Townes-Bounds
A high-Way
25 : Acres to William Arnold, with Meddow
besides Wast Ground, and a high Waye
crosse to Pautuxitt
A high-Way
91 : Acres to Richard Waterman with Meddow.
60 : Acres to Thomas Hopkings.

A high Way
25 : Acres to Nicholas Power in parte of William
Mans 60 : Acres

A high-Way by the side of long-Cove
A high- Way on this side. of long-Cove
20 : Acres to Thomas Angell.

A high-Way
25 : Acres to Ezechiel Hollyman, with parte of-

a shaire of Meddowe.
25 : Acres to John Warnner.
05 : Acres to William Reinolds, with 3 Acres-) . ^^^^^
towards the Water side, for his second shaire-^ ^ " ^^^'
of meddow.
05 : Acres to Roger Williams.

Severall high-ways with wast Ground.
20 : Acres to Robert Williams, over the high-wayes :
Saving (allso) a high-way, by the 5 Acres-Lotts
fifive Acres Lotts lying together

05 : Acres to John Throckmorton.
05 : Acres to Edward Cope.

64 ORIGINAL OWNERS OF

05 : Acres to ffrancis Weekes.
05 : Acres to Thomas Angell
05 : Acres to Thomas Harris
05 : Acres to Richard Scotte

A high-Way
A swampe and the vacant land to
Robert WilHams, for his 5 : Acres.
05 : Acres to WiUiam Carpender
05 : Acres to Thomas Olnye
05 : Acres to Thomas James
05 : Acres to WiUiam ffeild

A high-Way
05 : Acres to John ffeild
05 : Acres to Chade Browne
05 : Acres to Daniell Abbott
05 : Acres to Adam Goodings
05 : Acres to Widdow Tyler
05 : Acres to Widdow Sayers

A high-Way
05 : Acres to Christopher Unthanks
05 : Acres to Edward Heart

A high Way crossing the River
05 : Acres to Stutlow Wescoate
05 : Acres to Benedicte Arnold, saving

a highway by Solentary-hill w*- is Common
04 : Acres to Benedict Arnold in part

of his 20 : Acres.
A crosse high Way
05 : Acres to Thomas Hopkings.
05 : Acres to Nicholas Powers.
05 : Acres to William Wickenden

Saving high way
Halfe Acre to Joshua Winsor in
parte of his 5 : Acres.
A high Way
>^ 03 : Acres to Joshua Winsor in parte

of his 5 : Acres.
05 : Acres to William Hawkings
04 : Acres to Grigory Dexter in parte
of his 6 : Acres.

THE PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS. 65

A Meere-Bank on the Plaine
One Acre and halfe to Joshua Winsor in rest

of his 5 : Acres —
25 : Acres to WilHam Man.
25 : Acres to Robert West

The Rest Common

In-Land, beginning at Maussaupauoge

1 50 : Acres between William Arnold —

Benedict Arnold and William Carpender —

Saving highe ways and vacant Land

Vacant Land in posse for John Greene Junio""

25 : Acres of Robert Coles ) , ^ . ^ ^^r

A TTr-11- ^ 1 ( -Javmg high Waves

20 : Acres to William Carpender)

. „ . ,TT \ ^i^<i vacant-land —

91 : Acres to rtrancis Wesson ;

60 : Acres to Adam Goodings | Butting on a Ponde

80 : Acres to Roger Williams J Saving high wayes.

North-West from the Pondes.

20 : Acres to John Throckmorton

20 : Acres to Edward Cope — and his second

shaire of meddow

Common about halfe a mile \ Saving high wayes.

60 : Acres of Robert West
35 : Acres of William Mans
60 : Acres of William Wickendens

The Towne Bounds with Common

In-Land by Waunasquetuckett, On the hether
Plaine, adjoyning unto Robert Williams 20 : Acres

20: Acres of ffrancis Weekes | .

20 : Acres of Richard Scotts J & o j '

66 ORIGINAL OWNERS OF

60 : Acres divided in 20 Acres a peece-

To William Harris, Thomas Harris [- Saving high wayes
and Widdow Sayers
Common
80 : Acres to John ffeild
20 : Acres to Daniell Abbott
20 : Acres to Stutlow Wescoate
betwext the plaines

On the further Plaine

Saving high wayes

> Saving high wayes

60 : Acres to Grigorye Dexter saving

high wayes
20 : Acres to Thomas Hopkings ]
20 : Acres to Adam Goodings v Saving high wayes
20 : Acres to Nicholas Powers J
20 : Acres to William Wickenden "
20 : Acres to William ffield
16 : Acres to Benedicte Arnold in

the rest of his 20 : Acres
20 : Acres to Joshua Winsor "j
20 : Acres to Thomas James V Saving high wayes
20 : Acres to Widdow Tyler J

Beyond the Plaine

85 : Acres to Edward Manton, saving
high-ways

Neerer the River

60 : Acres to Daniell Abbott, saving
high wayes

Neerer Pauchassett

25 : Acres to William Barrowes, saving

high wayes

Vacant-Lands

THE PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS.

»■

Meddowes

Beginning by the River-Side, on this side
Pautuxette-ffalls
Robert Coles, ffirst Shaire of his Meddowes
Parte of Thomas Angells first Shaire
Parte of Ezechiel Hollymans first Shaire
ffrancis Wessons first Shaire
Thomas James first Shaire
WilHam Carpenders first Shaire
Parte of Richard Watermans first Shaire
The other parte of Ezekiel Hollymans first Shaire
Roger Williams ffirst Shaire
Parte of John Throckmortons first Share

A high-way with Waubosset Common
Another parte of John Throckmortons first Shaire
The other parte of Richard Watermans first Shaire
A Cove and little Island for halfe an Acre of
Chade Brownes first Shaire
Part of William Reinolds first Shaire
The other parte of John Throckmortons first Shaire
John Greene Senio.^ his ffirst Shaire
Joshua Vearinges first Shaire
William Harris first Shaire
Parte of Thomas Olnyes first Shaire
In-Land Meddowes beginning at Mausaupauogg

Pond

Robert Wests second Shaire

William Wickendens second Shaire

Daniel Abbotts first Shaire on Spectacle Pond

William Mans second Shaire

Meaddowes at Paushausett River

Edward Hearts first Shaire

68 ORIGINAL OWNERS OF

Christopher Unthanks first Shaire
Thomas Hopkings first Shaire
Widow Sayers first Shaire
William ffeilds first Shaire.

Inland meddowes upon the same River

John Lippetts second Shaire
Joshua Winsors second Shaire
Chade Brownes second Shaire
Roger Williams second Shaire by
the five Trees.

On the hither Side of Paushausett River.

Hugh Bewitts first Shaire
William Barrowes first Shaire.

ffrom the River of Waunasquetuckett

Halfe of Edward Mantons second Shaire

Edward Mantons ffirst Shaire

William Mans ffirst Shaire

Robert Wests ffirst Shaire

The other halfe of Edward Mantons second Shaire

Daniel Abbotts second Shaire.

Neerer Waunasquetuckett River.

Stutlow Wescoats first Shaire
Benedicte Arnolds first Shaire.

THE PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS. 69

Meddowes On the Townes Side

Beginning at Waunasquetuckett River

An other parte in parcells of Thomas Olnyes Meddowes

William Arnolds first Shaire

Other parcells of Thomas Olnyes Meddowes

Matthew Wallers Swampe for his second Shaire

An other Part ) . „, ^, ,t 1 1

_ ■ of 1 homas Olnyes Meddowes
An other Part J

The other Part of William Reinolds first Shaire with

An Island

At Smale Brooke «fe«

Thomas Hopkings second Shaire
William Hawkings second Shaire
Grigorye Dexters second Shaire
ffrancis Weekes second Shaire

Over Samale Brooke

Grigorye Dexters first Shaire
John ffeilds Shaire

Upon Maushausett River, on the Necke Side

Part of Thomas Harris second Shaire

Part of ffrancis Weekes first Shaire

Part of Richard Scotts first Shaire

The other part of Thomas Angells first Shaire

The other part of Richard Scotts first Shaire

William Wickendens first Shaire

At the Greate Meddowe

John ffeilds first Shaire

John Warnners first Shaire

Thomas Harris second Shaire — in pt.

7°

THE HOME LOTS.

Christopher Unthanks first Shaire
Widdow Tylers first Shaire
John Throckmortons second Shaire
Thomas Olnyes second Shaire
John Greenes Junio.^ first Shaire
Meddowe Common
Widdow Sayers second Shaire

Meddowe Common
On the West Side

Meddowe Common
Nicholas Powers second Shaire
John Greene Senio.^ his second Shaire
John Smith 5 Acres and | in case he

builde a Mill
Adam Goodings second Shaire
John Smith 3 : Acres and \ in case he

builde a Mill
Nicholas Powers first Shaire
Adam Goodings first Shaire
William ffeilds first Shaire
Joshua Winsors first Shaire
The other part of Chade Brownes first Shaire
Edward Copes first Shaire

On the West River

Thomas Angells second Shaire
Christopher Unthanks second Shaire
Widdow Tylers second Shaire

South-Side on the West River

Robert Williams two Shaires
William Barrows second Shaire
The other part of Thomas Harris second Shaire
The other part of ffrancis Weekes Meddow
upon Pautuckett River.

City of Providence,

City Clerk's Office,
City Hall, June 15, 1886.

The aforegoing is a correct copy of "A revised List (saving Correction, with
Addition) of Lands and Meddows, As they were orriginally Lotted, ffrom the
beginning of the Plantation of Providence, in the Narregansetts Bay in New
England, unto the (then) Inhabitants of the said Plantation, until Ann^ 16 ,"
as appears on file in this office.

INDEX.

Abbott, Daniel, 14, 32, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 55, 60, 64,

66, 67, 68.
Acknowledgment, vii.
Adams, A. B.,33, 47, 48.
Agreement, first, 15.
Algeirs, 30.
Almy, Humphrey, 17.
Ames, William, 29.
Amesburj, 32.
Angell, James, 35, 36.
John, 35, 36.
" Thomas, 3, 14, 15, 34, 35, 36, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64,
67, 69, 70.
Angells, 34.
Apaum, 5.
Appendix, 57.

Arnold, Benedict, 5, 6, 15, 32, 60, 61, 64, 65, 66, 68.
Estate Co., 47.
" Fred. A., 28.
" Richard J., 47.
" Samuel G., 47.
" Thomas, 32.
" Welcome, 47.

William, 4, 9, 10, 23, 24, 25, 32, 36, 60, 61, 62.
63, 65, 69.
Asht< n, James, 54,
Assotemewett, 5, 6.
Ajlesworth, Hiram B., 38.

Bailey, William M., 41.
Baker, John, 54.

" Thomas, 39, 41.

Balch, Joseph, estate, 43.
Baptist church, 19, 35, 36, 37, 39, 44, 47, 53.
Barbadoes, 28.
Barbary Corsair, 30.
Barrows, William. (See Burrows.)
Benedict's History of the Baptists, 36.
Benefit street, 22, 23, 25, 53.
Bennett, Samuel, 38.
Bewit, Hugh, 37, 51, 52, 53, 54, 60, 68.
Book Notes, 3.
Boston, 2, 40, 42.
Bowen street, 17.
Bradley, William, heirs, 55.
Bragunn, Burnet S. W., 51.
Breck, Thomas, 38.
Bridgewater, 44.
Bristol, England, 29.

Brown, Chad, 10, 15, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 47, 60, 64,
67, 68, 70.

" Daniel, 30.

" Elizabeth, 40.

" Henry, 21, 22.

" Isaac, 44.

" James, 40.

" John, 9, 40, 42, 47,

" John Carter estate, 23, 41, 42.

" Joseph, 44.

" Nathaniel, 27, 28, 43.
Brown University, 39, 40.
Bryant, Alexander, 24, 25.
Bullock, Julia, 49.
Burrows, William, 46, 47, 60, 66, 68, 70.

INDEX.

Calder, Albert L., 31.

" Emerj H., 20.

'• Mrs. George B., 26.

" Mrs. William H., 20.
Cambridge Universitj, 2.
Canonicus, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10.
Carder, Richard, 36.
Carpenter, Joseph, 12.
" Richard, 32.

" William, 9, 13, 17, 32, 34, 36, 60,61,64,

65, 67.
Charitable Baptist Society, 36.
Church of England, 27.

" King's, 27.

" in Providence, 54.

" of the Saviour, 53.
St. John's, 27.
St. Stephen's, 53.
Clarke, Rev. John, 16.
Cole, John, 33.

" Mary, 33.

" Robert, 9, 13, 14, 15, 32, 33, 34, 36, 60, 65, 67.
Compact of 1640, 15.
Conanicut, 25.
Condy, William, 30.
Congdon, Sarah A., 50.
Congregational Society, 40.
Conscience, Liberty of, 7, i6, 27..
Cope, Edward, 15, 61, 63, 65, 70.
Cornwall, i.
Crawford, Gideon, 44.
Cromwell, 17, 20.
Crooker, Josiah W., 21.

Dana, Newton C, 27.
Daniels, Alice, 26, 31, 60.

" Sophia, 27.
Dartmouth, 23, 46.

Deed of Lands, from Indian chiefs, 3, 4, 7.
Initial, 8, 9.
Confirmatory, 10.
Deming, Morris, 21.

" Thomas D., 21,

1 ( ( t

X II

Dexter, Gregory, 10, 19, 20, 21, 39, 60, 61, 64, 66, 69.
" Maj. John, 27, 29.
*' Newton, 38.
" Peleg, 20.
Dexter's lane, 13, 19, 20.
Dickens, Nathaniel, 48, 49.
Dorchester, 26, 35.
Dorr, Henry C, vi, 39.
Durfee, Mrs. Sarah J. S., wife of Chief-Justice

Thomas, 25.
Dyer, Charles, 27, 28, 43.
" Mary, 29.
" William, 29.

Earl, Ralph, 48, 49.
Earle, George B., 51.

" George, heirs of, 49, 50.

" Julia, 49.

" Marcy A., 49.
England, 2, 22, 23, 25, 29, 32, 33, 37, 39, 44, 50.
Evening Telegram, 3.

Farrar, Mrs. Daniel J., 55.
Felt's Annals of Salem, 36.
Fenner, Arthur, 51.

" John, 21.
Fenner's Wharf, 47.
Field, Mrs. Deborah, 40, 42.

" John, 15, 43, 44, 60, 61, 66, 69.

" Thomas, 43, 44, 45.

" William, 10, I2, 24, 25, 41, 43, 44, 46, 60, 64, 66,
68, 70.
Field's Point, 43.
Fletcher, Joseph, 29.
Foster Papers, 28.
Fox Point, 3.
Fox's hill, 7.
Fox's converts, 29.
France, 30.

Friends' Society, 39, 32.
Fuller, O. P., vi.
Furlong, Thomas, 31.

INDEX.

Gammell, Elizabeth A., wife of William, 42.

Garrison house, 43, 44.

Gaspee, 46, 47.

Geehard, Mrs. George M., 54.

Gibbs, Robert, 46.

Gladding, Mary F., 51.

Goddard, Robert H. I., 42.

Goddard, William, heirs, 35.

Godfrey', Ljdia A., 50.

Goodwin, Adam, 45, 46, 60, 64, 65, 66, 70.

Gorman, Dennis, 54.

Hugh, 54.
Greene, Allen, 22.

" Anna O., 29.

" Cornelia C, 48.

John, 9, 10, 35, 26, 31, 36, 60, 67, 70.
John, Jr., 32, 36, 60, 65, 70.
Mary, 25.

" Gen. Nathanael, 26.

" Richard, 25.

" Rufus, 44.
Guild, Reuben Aldridge, 39.
Gwinear, i, 2.

Hampton, 25.

Harris, Thomas, 9, 10, 15, 45, 46, 60, 62, 64, 66, 69, 70.
William, 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 15, 29, 30, 31, 36, 45,
60, 61, 66, 67.
Hart, Edward, 49, 50, 51, 53, 60, 64, 67.

" George T., 53.
Hawkins, William, 49, 52, 54, 55, 60, 61, 64, 69.
Henshaw, Mrs. Charles H., 33, 47.
Hertford, 35, 37.
Hingham, 23. ^

Hodges, Mrs. Raymond G., 26.
Holliman, Ezekiel, 9, 14, 36,37, 52, 60, 63, 67.
Home Lots, Assignment, v.

** " Original owners, iii, vii, 19, 60.

" " Size and location, 13, 14, 19.
Hooker, Mary, 35.
Hope street, v, 13.
Hopkins, Gov., 42.

*' Thomas, 50, 60, 61, 63, 64, 66, 68, 69.

Hopkins, William, 49, 50, 52.
Howard, Elizabeth S., 45, 46.

•' Ezra, W., 46,
Howe, Mrs. Reginald, 33, 47.
Howland street, 17.
Hutchinson, Mrs., 42.

India Point, 3.

Indians, 7, 13, 17, 22, 43.

Initial Deed, 8.

James, Thomas, 9, 24, 25, 36, 60, 64, 66, 67.
Joslin, Henry V. A., City Clerk, 71.

Kelley, Ebenezer, estate, 23.

Kendrick, George, 41.

Kent County, 7,

King Philip, 3.

King Philip's War, 38, 43, 54.

Knowles' Memoirs of Roger Williams, 2, 3.

Landmarks, 13, 14.
Lapham, John, 46, 47.
Mary, 46, 47.
" Nicholas, 46.
Lincolnshire, 17.
Lippitt, John, 50, 51, 52, 60, 68.
List of Home Lots, iii, 19, 60.

List of Original Owners of the Providence Planta-
tions, 59.
Littleworth, 50.
London, 30, 34, 41,
London, Edward, 52.
I.,ong Cove, 63.
Long Island, 50,
Lynch, Ellen, 50.

Man, Anna H., 35.

" Eliza F., 35.

" William, 46, 47, 48, 60, 61, 63, 65, 67, 68.
Manning, James, 39.

Manton, Edward, 20, 21, 23, 31, 60, 66, 68.
" Shadrac, 21, 31.

INDEX.

Manton's Neck, 3.
Manners' Bethel, 55.
Martyrs, 29, 35.
Mashapauge, 5, 6, 10, 65, 67.
Maushausett River, 69.
Massachusetts, 5, 32, 33, 35, 42, 51.

" soldiers attack Warwick, 25, 26.

Massasoit, 3.

McElroy, William, 53, 55.
Meeting street, 13, 14, 32.
Memorandum Deed, 8.
Metcalf, John, 22.

" Matilda, 17.
Miantonomi, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 26.
Mile-End Cove, vii, 19, 60, 61.
Mill, first in Providence, 27, 60, 70.
Milton, 17.

Mooshausick, i, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 60, 62.
Morris, Robert, 38, 39, 55.
Munroe, Philip A., 54.

Nanhiggansick, 4, 6.
Narragansett, 54, 59.

" Bay and Indians, 2, 3.

Neotaconkonitt, 4, 6, 10.
New Bridge, 62.
Newell, Mary K., 26.
New England, 2.

Newport, 5, 30, 36, 37, 38, 40, 41, 55.
New Providence, 8.
New York, 47.

North Main street, v, 13, 17, 53.
Noyes, Samuel M., 33.

Occupasnatuxet, 26.

O'Leary, Cornelius, 53.

Olney street, 13, 19, 20.

Olney, Thomas, 4, 5, 9, 10, 14, 24, 32, 33, 34, 36, 53,

61, 67, 69, 70.
Olney, Thomas, Jr., 6, 32, 33.

" William, 32, 33, 34.
Original Owners of Providence Plantations, 59,
Osborn, Richard, 45.
Ousamequin, 3.
Oyster Bay, 50.

Painter, Thomas, 20, 21, 60.
Patten, Eliza B., 38.
Pauchassett River, 66, 67, 68.
Pautucket, 4, 5, 6, 10.

" River, 3, 70.

Pautuxet, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 23, 30, 33, 63.
" purchase, 12, 25.

" Falls, 67.
Peckham, Mary R., 20.
Pendergast, James H., 51.
Planet street, 46, 47.
Plymouth, 5.
Plymouth Patent, 3.
Portsmouth, 37.
Power, Jane, 48.

" Nicholas, 13, 48, 49, 60, 61, 63, 64, 66, 70.
" street, 13, 14, 48.
Power's lane, 13.
Pray, Richard, 33, 34.

" William, 34.
Providence, Settlement of, i.

" Origin of name, 3, 10.

" Time of settlement, 3.
" First settlers, 3, 7, 10.

" Town evidence, 4.
" Grand purchase of, 12,

Bank, 43, 44.
" Institution for Savings, 44, 47.
«' County, 7.

" Journal, 3.
Publique stock, 11.
Puritans, 2.

Quakers, 42.
Quinitikticutt, 5.

Reeve, Widow, 27, 29, 43, 60.

Rehoboth, 28.

Reynolds, William, 14, 15,38, 41, 55, 60, 61, 63, 67, 69.

Rhode Island, 16.

" " Colonial Records, 46.

" " Historical Tracts, vi,

" " " Society Collection, 26.

" " Hospital Trust Co., 43.

INDEX.

Rhodes, James T., estate, 38.

Richmond, Harriet T., 17.

Rickard, George, 15, 40, 41, 42, 43, 60.

William W., 54.
Rider, Sidney S., 3.
Right, Samuel, 29, 30.
Rivers, Mary T., 27.
Roberts, Thomas, 54.
Russell, Hope B., 41.

Sabin, James, 47.

Salem, 2, 3, 7, 27, 28, 33, 35, 36, 37, 47.
Sayers, Widow, 60, 64, 66, 68, 70.
Sayles, John, 9, 30, 48, 49.

" Mr., 48.

" Widow, 49, 60.
Saxafrage, 63,
Scott, John, 27, 29, 38, 39, 55.

" Richard, 15, 27, 28, 29, 42, 43, 44, 60, 64, 65, 69.
Sears, Jane, 49, 50.
Seekonk, 3.
Seven Mile Line, 45.
Shawomet, 22, 26, 33, 36, 41.
Shepard, Elizabeth A., 42.
Shepard's lott, 45.
Six acre lots, 61.
Small Brook, 62, 69.
Small, Mary, 33.
Smith, Edward, 32.

" John, miller, 3, 26, 27, 60, 70.

" John W., trustee, 48, 49.

" Thomas, 12.
Snow, Mrs. James, Jr., 29.
Soatash, 5, 6.
Solentary Hill, 64.
South Court Street, 32.
South Main Street, 13, 46, 47.
Spain, 30.

Spring Green Farm, 22, 26.
Staples' Annals of Providence, v, 8, 15.
Star Street, 53.

State House, 31.
Steere, Henry J., 22, 45.
Steere, Rhoda, 48.
Stillwell, Lydia J., 55.
Stone, Rev. Edwin M., vi.
Sucklin, Thomas, 55.
Sweet, John, 31, 60.

Tallman, Horace C, 55.

Tattersall, Joan, 25.

Ten Mile River, 3.

Thayer, William, 49.

Thomas street, 14, 34.

Throckmorton, John, 9, 10, 24, 25, 29, 39, 60, 6i, 63,

65, 67, 70.
Throckmorton, Mr., 48.
Thurber, George J., 27.
Tiler, Joane, 49, 54, 60, 64, 66, 70.
Tillinghast burial gi-ound, 14, 53.
Joseph, 53.
" Pardon, 20, 21, 52, 53.

Towne booke, 10.

" evidence, 4, 6.

" streete, 13.

" stock, 16.
Transit street, 53.
Tring, 37.
Tyler, Widow, 49, 54, 60, 64, 66, 70.

Updike, Mrs. Elizabeth B., 33, 47.

Unthank, Christopher, 48, 54, 55, 60, 64, 68, 70.

Vane, Sir Henry, 17,20.
Van Zandt, Mrs. A. G., 41.
Verin, Joshua, 3, 27, 28, 29, 43, 60.

Wallace, Wm. V., 33.

Waller, Matthew, 20, 21, 60, 69.

Warnard, Mai-y, 2.

Warner, John, vi, 15, 31, 42, 60, 63, 69,

Warwick, vi, 16, 26, 31, 35, 37, 38, 41, 51, 54.

" Earl of, 16.
Waterman, Ann, 49.

INDEX.

Waterman, Nathaniel, 35.
" Resolved, 50, 53.

Richard, 9, 10, 14, 36, 37, 38, 49, 50, 52, 60,
63, 67.
Waubosset, 63, 67.

Wanasquatucket, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 61, 65, 68, 69.
Weekes, Francis, see Wickes.
West Providence Land Co., 48.
West River, 62, 70.

West, Robert, 50, 53, 54, 60, 65, 67, 68.
Westcoat, Amasa S., 41.

Stukely, 9, 10, 14, 36, 37, 38, 52, 60, 61, 64,

66, 68.

Weston, Francis, 9, 14, 34, 35, 36, 60, 65, 67.
" Matthew, 50, 51, 60.
" Nathan, 51.
What Cheer, 3.

" " Building, vi, 14.

Whipple, John, 22, 23, 24, 25.
" John, Jr., 28.
" Joseph, 25.
" Samuel, 28.
" tavern, 23.
Whitman, Valentine, 30, 31.
Wickenden street, v, 13, 14, 19.

William, 10, 13, 15, 47, 48, 60, 64, 65, 66,

67, 69.

Wickes, Francis, 3, 15, 23, 24, 60, 61, 62, 64, 65, 69, 70.
Williams, Daniel, 29, 30, 31, 46, 48, 49, 50.
" Joseph, 28.
" Mary, 12.

" Patience, 49.

*' Rebekah, 49.

Robert, 10, 38, 39, 55, 60, 62, 63, 64, 65, 70.
" Roger:

parentage, i, 2.

baptism, i, 2, 37.

education, 2.

wife's maiden name, 2

sails for America, 3.

arrives at Boston, 2.

banishment, 2.

letter to Major Mason, 2.

Williams, Roger: (Continued.)

landing at Providence, 3.

purchases land of the Indians 3.

witness to confirmation of deed by Mian-
tinomi, 5, 6.

sole proprietor of lands, 7, 10, 11.

mortgaged his house at Salem, 7.

purpose in learning the Indian language, 7.

initial deed to associates, 8, 9.

confirmatory deed to associates, 10, ii, 12.

gratuities to Indians, 11, 12.

Pawtuxet lands, 12.

sails for England, 16.

Key to the Indian Language, 16, 19.

returns to Providence, with charter, 16.

second voyage to England, 16.

chosen president of the colony, 17.

appointed to write letters to Cromwell and
others, 20.

testimony before commissioners, 26, 39.

accompanied by Joshua Verin, 27.

accompanied by John Throckmorton, 29.

opposed by William Harris, 30.

Thomas Angell, " a young lad living in
his family," 34.

member of the first church, 36, 37.

lands, 17, 61, 63, 65, 67, 68.

list of home lots, vii.

son Daniel, 49.

brother Robert, 55.

preaches to the Indians, 17.

death, 17.
Williams, William, 2.
Wiltshire, 32.
Windsor, 44.
Winslow, Gov., 3.
Winsor, Joshua, 15, 44, 45, 50, 51, 60, 62, 64, 65, 66, 68,

70.
Winsor, Samuel, 44, 49, 50, 51.
Winthrop, Gov., 2.
Wolves, 24, 54.
Woods, Marshall, 41.
Wright, Samuel, 29, 30.

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